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City hall sells out to Eaton’s? In a special closed caucus monday night Kitchener city council voted 8 - 1 approving in principle the sale of city hall and the famous Farmer’s Market to the T. Eaton company of Toronto. The land, from the market south to King street and from Scott street west to Frederick will be developed by Oxlea investments limited, a subsidiary of Oxford Leaseholds - an Edmonton, - Alberta firm with assets of over 60 million dollars. Oxlea has developed similar projects in Winnipeg, Calgary, London and Toronto. Council’s action preceded a vote last night by the directors of Eaton’s and Oxlea which gave final approval to the $12,500,000 development plans. City council is to give final ratification next monday.

Though city officials have refused specific comment on the plans saying no information can be made public until monday , chevron sources confirmed that radio and television owners, as well as the editors of the K-W Record knew of the plan since negotiations began with Oxlea over three months ago. _ But council had requested there be no information leak, and media people agreed. Allegedly, secrecy was to prevent skyrocketting of land prices between Frederick and Scott streets that was to be purchased by the developer. However, informants critical of council’s action charged yesterday the secrecy only benefitted the developer who has agreed to pay only 1 million dollars for the city hall site. Council apparently did not seek any independent evaluation of its city hall property. The developer has paid about half a million dollars to acquire the Yesterday acting mayor, Morley rest of the land in the vicinity. Rosenberg announced a special Details of the project include: meeting of city council.to discuss urban renewal. The meeting will be held l sale of the present city hall site monday morning at 9 am in the council to Oxlea for 1 million dollars, chambers, Kitchener city hall. a destruction of the present The meeting will apparently deal farmers’ market and its rewith a proposal to exchange city owned placement further south by a new lands for private development. All citibuilding, zens are urged to attend. o construction of a three-storey, parking garage north of the present city hall, @ a ten-storey office tower on Frederick street, behind the existing Toronto Dominion Bank building, l construction of an Eaton’s store No chevron next week . complex next to Scott street,

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9 further construction of boutiques and retail shops in the area presently occupied by city hall. According to reports, the city will lease space in the new office tower on a 15-year lease, opening speculation that a new city hall planned for MacKenzie Square north of Weber street will not be built. Sources said construction could begin in a matter of weeks and would take only eighteen months to complete. Chief architect for the plan is local architect John Lignwood.

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Most violent reaction to the scheme has come from individual citizens who object to the “conspiracy of silence” maintained by the local media and the total disregard for public opinion in the matter exhibited by city council. Wired World - a group of university and community people preparing cable television programs will be presenting a roundup of this opinion tonight or tomorrow on Grand River cable’s channel 12. Other objectors charge the Eaton store complex allows for no

park area and eliminates the ’ present lawns and garden in front of city hall. Acting mayor Morley Rosenberg has announced a special public meeting with councillors monday morning at 9 am to discuss aspects of “urban renewal” and informants say chief objections of spectators will be the council’s ignoring of any other city hall redevelopment proposal and the lack of prior assessment of public views toward the desireability of this type of commercial redevelopment .

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The decision of certain Kitchener evening that there was no truth to the rumours that the farmer’s city aldermen to support a move and the city hall were by Oxlea .investments and the T. market Eaton company to build a 12.5 sold. He went on to say “For the best interests of all... just a sec. million dollar complex on the site of the present city hall and farCan I call you back.” After about ten minutes Wagner did return the mer’s market has brought various call and said that he had “no comment. further comment”: When asked about the proposed redevelopment of the area, John Councillor Edith Macintosh Harder of the Kitchener-Waterloo apologised for not having been at “The rumor is true. Record said, the monday meeting of the council The building will be torn down. The caucus which discussed the developers were in a very tight proposal in some detail. She said, situation.” “I’m in favor of people parCouncil members’ comments ticipating in any major project,” varied but all contacted showed: when questionned about the that they were not willing to reveal possibility of no public discussion the contents of the proposed land of the proposed project. dealings. “I think that people have been Alderman Allen Barron, when given the chance to air their views. asked about the proposal said, “No On previous occasions people have comment.” just not come -out to suggest or Bob Wagner another city criticize projects.” alderman commented Wednesday

She concluded, “I’m all for keeping the market.” Alderman Merv Villemaire claimed that the proposal for the development of the city hall was open for three years. “Everybody knew it was open. Nobody had to advertise in the papers.” When questioned about getting more of the Kitchener community involved in the plans, Villemaire said, “There were a lot of responsible people involved. ” “There is nothing really, really final. There will be a chance to say something about the project on monday.” Asked why the contents of the proposal could not be released sooner than monday, he said, “The public is not ready for it now.” He concluded, “We’ll either hang ourselves monday or . give you satisfactory answers.”

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It is true that prior to Tommy, Townshend liked to end the song “My generation” with a spectacular climax wherein guitars; and amplifiers were drums, kicked-in, smashed on the floor and in one way or the other. totally destroyed (as in the movie Monterey Pop). This was not as reaction to an “unfavourable audience response”, but rather (in Townsend’s own words) “as a sacrifice to rock music.”

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Last weeks’s review on the ballet form of Tommy was interesting and for the most part very intelligently written. However, I feel you are misinformed in your appraisal of Pete Townshend. The article stated “...on stage he has perpetrated violent acts upon his audience when their response was unfavorable - a seeming contradiction to the sensitivity and theme of the rock opera Tommy with which has been identifkd.”

However, as stated, this violent end to concerts was only performed prior to Tommy. After writing the rock opera, the Who did completely different concerts. At the CNE in november ‘69 (and at Woodstock 1, the Who completed “My generation” with the peaceful and sensitive finale from Tommy: “Listening to you, I get the music; gazing at you, I get the heat, etc.” Whereas “My generation” in its original form has as its main emotions, independence and anger, Townshend’s latest end to the song speaks for a sensitive, ‘fwater-brother” almost generation. Surely this is proof that Townshend is not an “antagonistic author”, not the medium of presentation “a contradiction to Tommy’s theme.”

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With regards to remarks attributed to me in your june 11, 1971 issue of the chevron: When asked about the effectiveness of the federation in serving engineers I did not commend the job the present federation was doing. When asked about Camp Columbia I did commend the job the present federation had done. I hope this will serve to correct any misunderstandings that may have arisen from the article. RON QUINN 4 elec eng .4A Reader Quinn has, himself, misunderstood the chevron’s presentation of his remarks. The article read “...Quinn commended the job the present federation was doing, but qualified his answer.” The account then went on to point out how Quinn felt the federation was not ideal. --the lettitor.

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COnfl IC t d ecide S he alt S rvice r Ol Phyllis Livingston., head nurse at health services and employed at Uniwat for the past eight years, said she had been fired by the new medical director Dr. Dan Andrew, this past friday. Livingston is appealing her firing. On monday she sought out a chevron reporter, but the following tuesday withdrew her request for publicity saying she was going to go through regular channels to seek support for her position. She has since talked with Pat Robertson, director of academic services and written a five page letter to the staff association. Andrew, as of june first is the first full-time director. He said of the firing, “She (Phyllis Livingston) offered to resign; I accepted. However I would like to see her stay on staff as a nurse.” He explained the two have a disagreement on policy. As medical director for health services, Andrew is responsible for maintaining and releasing medical staff, and is responsible to Robertson. Commenting on Livingston’s talk with him, Robertson said since Livingston made no formal request to him to look into the

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MACBETH AT STRATFO’RD Sitting down to write a review of Macbeth seems somewhat ridiculous unless one . considers oneself a theater critic in the class of Nathan Cohen. So while I did sit in a seat donated in memory of the famous man the vibrations I received from him were not strong enough for me to successfully emulate his literary style and disect a play which has been done so many times before. What can you say about the Shakespearean festival? Stratford is professional. It is for the most part a smoothly run, well designed, competently performed theatrical experience. It has a reputation for being this and it will continue to uphold this reputation as long as it can fill a theatre. Stratford is. slow to change or produce new techniques (especially for a Shakespearean play) and indeed there is probably . little reason for it to change as its audiences seem to appreciate it as ~ is. But to try and criticise or praise Stratford is almost a waste of time. Instead I have complied a list of helpful hints which may further your enjoyment of a night at Stratford.

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Fourth-year math students have set what must be a campus record for election turn-out with 71.43 percent of those elegible voting. Wednesday’s math society election resulted in John Dark, 2B, Steve Treadwell, 3A, and Chris Trothen, lB, being voted in as coop representatives on the society council. Previous reps Gil Sampson and John Head placed fourth and fifth respectively, and lost their council seats. The overall turnout on wednesday was an impressive 54.46 percent.

eGo stoned. l Think of a good comeback when a freak tells you to enjoy the movie. l Enjoy the movie. @Stare at the ushers selling souvenir books and pretending they are statues. @Make them laugh - they won’t get fired. oRemember that the seats are listed in alphabetical order starting with Z. l Sit next to a little kid. l If you bring candies make sure the box doesn’t make too much noise when you start to eat them. The best method of eating in a silent theater is to dump the box upside down in your hand in one flowing motion.

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The board of governors last tuesday deferred a recent senate recommendation that it ask the federation of students to hold a referendum to confirm the basis for the ,collection of the student activity fee. The recommendation from the senate was made in the belief that because this compulsory university fee was established by the board of governors in the first instance’ at the request of the federation based on the results of a referendum in 1965, it was appropriate, after five years for the board to ask for reconfirmation of the basis for its action in continuing to collect the fee and paying the total to the federation. The motion that was acted on and passed stated; “In view of the continuing agreement with the federation of students under which the board of governors pays the moneys derived from the com-

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Through a 4,250 dollar grant from Opportunities for Youth program, five people have. been &Steel yourself for dirty looks when employed to open a free school for your candies fall on the’ floor. 35 children, aged 7 to 13, from the area. neighbour one Kitchener-Waterloo l Offer your “Project Experience”, a anyway. oDon’t drop your shoe down the summer program initated to help children explore and experience aisle - it makes noise also. environment, is located at the l Try not to think of the actors as their Integrated Studies farm on the unifreaks it’s harder to get into the versity of Waterloo campus and play when you keep seeing people will begin on july 5. you know on stage. Facilities. for recreation and l Watch the audience - it’s often crafts will be available for use and better acting than the play. excursions have been planned to the Ontario science center, royal oListen to the audience - they have Canadian yacht club, royal Ontario better lines. museum, the ‘planetarium, and’ l At intermission walk past the bar Ontario place in Toronto as well as and go smoke a joint on the lawn. other places of interest in southern l Get back in time to listen to more Ontario. conversations. In addition to the five full time l Watch the poor little kid who has staff members, volunteers who can been dragged here stare longingly help in any way are needed for the at the kids passing in their baseball project. Since the grant from Opporuniforms. tunities for Youth is to be used only l Go watch the baseball game. for salaries. “Project Experience” l concentrate on what the witches is hoping for donations from the are putting into their brew. to purchase craft and aLet yourself get scared during the community recreational supplies and to prophetic witches scene. All donations l Go to the Black Swan after the finance excursions. should be sent to “Project Experformance. University of Waterloo. oCompare the performances at perience”, Official receipts will be issued on each place. request.

pulsory student activity fee to the federation, and recognising that there are mechanisms within the constitution of the federation of students to resolve disagreements in this regard, the board of governors refers the question to the president of the federation for a report to the board by its October meeting, as promised in the letter dated june 7,1971.” In that letter, federation president Rick Page, pointed out the importance of re-routing the apparent student discontent over compulsory fees through the federation: “The motion of senate (recommending a referendum > goes a long way to jeopardize both the federation of students’ internal and external responsibilities. The motion indicates that student minority groups can deal with internal problems without using the mechanisms of the federation. It also indicates that the board of governors no longer recognises the federation of students as the constituted representative between the students and the university.” The board of governors’ move to refer the matter to the president of the federation reiterates the position taken by administrative president Burt Matthews last december following several engineering students claim that the federation was not responsive to student needs and called on graduating engineers to withhold their eleven dollar activity fee. In a letter to all U of W undergraduates, Matthews pointed out that students disagreeing with the basis on which the administration is acting should work within the charter and by-laws of the federation to provide a dif-

Seminar on Hippiedom ‘7 1 “Hippiedom 1971: Where It’s At” will be presented as a seminar by Dr. Ken Westhues of the university of Guelph sociology department on Wednesday june 30 at 3: 00 pm in ssc 221. Dr. Westhues’ talk arises tram his extensive research background and interest in youth alienation, utopian communities, hippiedom, monasticism, the Roman Catholic Church, and defence industries. After the seminar, Dr. Westhues would like to meet over supper with people having research or personal interest in alternative lifestyles or communal living. friday

ferent basis, “ if that should be the expressed wish of the majority.” The recent move also indicates that the board recognises that the dissatisfied students have made little attempt to work out the problems within the federation channels. Engineering dean . Archie Sherbourne didn’t seem interested in allowing the federation an opportunity to resolve its internal problems when he asked the other board members to allow students to approach the board of governors without going through the federation. Matthews replied saying that the matter came before the board circumventing the federation in the first place. Rick Page also pointed out that the federation was the sole responsible body of the students by agreement between the federation and the board of governors. There seemed to be some mdication of increasing communication on june ninth when representatives from the engineering societies and federation of students met on the radio wa terloo program “Federation Reports” to air their differences. Eng sot rep Frank Deeg said afterwards that it was a constructive meeting.

Donations for Pakistani aid More than six million refugees have now fled from East Pakistan (Bangla Desh) into India, a country that has hardly any room for them. These people are dying of cholera and pneumonia at the rate of a few thousand per day and face the growing threat of famine. India is trying its best to help them, but India’s economy can’t afford to sustain them even temporarily. The cost of only feeding six million people costs approximately 1.5 million dollars per day--at the rate of 25 cents per head per day. The India-Canada association of Waterloo and Oxfam have organised a joint East Pakistan relief fund. Will you do what you can to ‘help? Make your cheque payable to ‘East Pakistan Refugee Relief Fund’ and mail it to: Professor A.G. Kempton, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo. There will also be collection boxes around the campus next week. Volunteers are needed to help collect donations. Contact Norma Sengupta, biology department, extension 2558. 25 june

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ntit the middle of the nineteenth century, married women had no legal rights at all. Until then, women were classified in the same category as lunatics and children, and the wedding ceremony was purely the transfer of a warm chattel, namely one female, from one male owner, her father, to the next, her husband. The marriage certificate today remains a legal document that establishes property rights - the faithful wife gets a lifelong claim .to her husbatid’s earnings and property. Wives have no legal obligation to contribute tothesupport of childrenat all, whilea husband can be sent to prison for ‘failing to do so. In many respec.ts the certificate em bodies the traditional interpretation of a wife’s role: in return for financial consideration, she becomes part janitor, part breeder,‘part prostitute. Reform of the Marriage 4ct in Canada is uneven because the British North America Act assigns jurisdiction over marriages to the provinces. This is the reason why married women could remain at a disadvantage in Quebec long after regulations had been improved elsewhere in Canada. Some revisions in Quebec law passed in 1964and at the end of l!X9 have improved enormously the status of wives in that province, but wives in Quebec still lag behind the rest of the country in such areas as authority over children.

marriage valid? There is some variation in the regulations governing the-validity of marriages from one state or province to another in North America, but there are major conditions which hold true everywhere. The most corn mon reason for declaring a marriage to be invalid - for ruling that it didn’t happen at all - is bigamy, which occurswhenone of the partners in a marriage is legally married tosomeone-elseat the timeof the wedding. A marriage is also invalid if it can be shown that onepartner did not have the mental capacity to understand what was involved in marriage, either by reason of insanity or mental retardation. There are strict regulations against marrying relatives, and a marriage may be void if the partners are too closely related. These regulations vary slightly in some provinces, but basically they are as follows. A women may not marry her: Grandfather, Grandmother’s husband, Husband’s grandfather, Uncle, Aunt’s husband, Husband’s uncle, Father, Stepfather, Husband’s father,i ‘\ Son, Husband’s son, Daughter’s husband, Brother, Grandson, G ra ndda ug hter’s husband,. Husband’s grandson,, Nephew, Neice’s husband,. . Husband’s nephew, or Husband’s brother. (According to the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1927, the last two relationships listed no loriger necessarily invalidate a marriage.) These conditions apply in the same way to men, who may not marry their grandmother, grandfather’s wife, wife’s grandm-other, aunt, and so on. Marriages can be declared void if there is proof that the ceremony took place’without the free will of 60th parties. This condition, free will, is a vital factor in determining the legality of a marriage. (However, even

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though a number of marriages occur as the result of parental pressure, it is very rarely involked as a justification for invalidating a marriage.) If duress or coercion is used to bring a couple to the altar, the marriage may be declared void. Duress means the exercise of force, but it doesn’t have to be physical force -threats inducing fear are regarded as duress. A marriage isn’t legal either if it can be proved that one of the partners was under’the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the ceremony, .or that one of them was totally unaware that a marriage ceremony was really happening, or that someone married the wrong person, such as the wrong twin, by mistake. A marriage cannot be considered void because one party to the marriage misjudges the other partner’s true nature, or misrepresents financial status, or if the ,bride is found to have been pregnant by someone other than the groom at the time of the wedding.’ There is a (diffe’rence between irJhat the law-calls a void marriage and what is known as a voidable marriage. Void marriages are those which, from a legal point of view, never existed for even a moment, as in the circumstances just described. A woman who suspects that her marriage is void and has reasonable proof tosupport her view can apply for an annulment at the nearest court. A voidable marriage is one that is never consumated - nosexual intercourse follows the wedding ceremony. Whether the failure to consummate is the result of physical or psychological conditions - impotence or unwillingness - it must be proved that the condition is unlikely to be cured by surgery or any other method. The wife, however, must make application for an annulment wherever her husband happens to be living, even if she lives in a different country or province. If a decree of annulment is granted, it works retroactively and wipes out the marriage in the legal sense. Curiously, the never-husband may still be obliged to maintain his never-wife, or vice versa, by means of periodic payments or a lump sum. The Matrimonial Causes Act of Ontario has a section which enables a judge to require maintenance if ttie never-wife has not committed adultery during the period of the nonmarriage. The court can hold up the judgment of annulment until the-money is paid.

When may you marry? Anyone over the required age may marry without obtaining consent from-parents, but it is necessary for those under that age to have writteA permission from the father. This age varies from province to province: it iseighteen in Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Ontario; it is twenty-one in British Columbia, Newfoundland, N&a Scotia, and Saskatchewan; In Prince Edward-Island and Quebec, the age of free marriage is eighteen for females and twenty-one for males. If the ‘father and Tother are- seperated or divorced, the mother alone may give permission; <but when the parents live together and *the mother approves of the wedding, it cannot take place if the father is opposed. A court application can be made if any person wishing to marry believes that the required parental consent is being withheld unreasonably and arbitrarily. Persons under the age of free marriage may be able to marry without parental consent when there is an existing pregnancy, provided a doctor certifies that the girl is pregnant. (Ontario, if t’he girl is under fourteen she may get married only if she is pregnant and the marriage is necessary to ensure the legitimacy of the child.) It seems monstous, but according to the most recent statistics available, 343 girls under the,age of sixteen were married in 1963 in Canada; girls of fourteen married men as old as twenty-six and girls of

fifteen were married to men asold as thirty-two. There are residence qualifications: in most provinces, at least one of the partners in a legal marriage must have been a resident in that jurisdiction for at least fifteen days before the application is made. Canadian courts have been known to forgive some breaches of the Marriage Act when it could be shown that a marriage had taken place in good faith. For instance, in one case in Ontario, ttiough the bride was under eighteen at the time of the ceremony and her father couldn’t remember whether or not he had signed the consent, the marriage was upheld (Clause v. Clause). In Saskatchewan, @berta, Manitoba and Nova Scotia, however, courts are likely to dissolve a marriage if consent. has not been obtained. In a situation in Ontario where a marriage license had been overlooked (Alspector v. Alspector), the marriage was ruled valid.

How do you remarry? Dr. Johnson commented cynically that “to marry a second time represents a triumph of hope over experience,” but second marriages appear to have a higher success rate than first ones. The requirements, however,-are more complicated. If you were divorced try a Special Act of the Parliament of Canada, you must file (with an Issuer of Marriage Licenses) a copy of the Special Act certified by the proper officer. If you were granted a divorce or annulment by the Onta+-io Supreme Court or a court of competent jurisdiction in another province or territory of Canada, youmust file with an Issuer of Marriage Licenses, the FINAL DECREE or JUDGEMENT of the Court, or a copy of this document certified by the proper Court Officer. It isn’t enough to submit a copy of the Decree -.’ Nisi. If your divorce or annulment took place outside Canada, you need the authorization of the Provincail Secretary before you can obtain a marriage license. You or your lawyer must submit the follow-ing information to the Office of the Registrar General: *the application for g marriage license in the handwriting of the twowhowish to be married; or decrees of divorce or annulment certified by the proper Court Officer under the Seal of the Court, or otherwise properly authenticated (if the’ decree is in a foreign language, a verified translation must be attached - French is not a foreign language in Canada); c)a statement and affidavit of sole responsibility; this is a departmental form which can be obtained at any office where marriage licenses- are issued, and m ust be f i Iled out by both of you ; +a written.statement signed by any lawyer in the province to the effect that he has studied the appropriate documents and finds that the divorce or annulment complies with provincial regulations. l a copy of the decree

Can he beat you?

Not really. In 1736 it was a matter of law that a husband could beat his wife (but not in a violent or cruel manner) and keep her tied or locked in a room. The law today takes theview that it isan advantage for a man to have his wife in healthy, prime condition. If she is injured by a third party’s negligence, for instance, he can file a seperate suit for damages; she sues to be reimbursed for her injuries and expenses, he sires because her usefulness to him is reduced. If a husband strikes or threatens his wife, she is entitled to lay a chargeagainst him and testify in court to his actions. If the wife is hurt accidentally by the

husband, as in an automobil driver, she may not sue. If tt can’t sue her either.

Where do you Ii You livewherever;your hu him to another commt.inity, accompany him or else yo deserting wife and may lose and your share in your hus If the wife has a job in a I accept it unless her husband with her, or else she agai deserted. There may be al husband is unemployed and An E nglish court decision forced to move with her hu! job presents a danger to h cannot insist on a wife living women don’t get along.

What do you ov Marriage offers women vantage over men by the tc entitled to keep all their granted to men who are u support their wives and c required by law to support children, but it isn’t likely t indifferent to a case in whit cused of spending her incl husband and children were The wife is also entitled 1 “dower rights,” which mea! being legally married she m of her husband’s rea I pror nameappearson the deeds. his house, for instance, he m consent or else pay her a s one-third interest. She is n bought out. If the husband-deserts, tl family home even if it is in provides suitable alternati’\ All these financial benefi wife’s sexual fidelity and al adultery even once, her responsibility to maintain h depriving him of the sexc required by law to contribl that-of his children) and sht Provided she is faithful bed, a wife isalsoentitled to his agent in the purchase of hisauthority. Such purchaa luxuries but only purchase! -domestic needs. The court wife buys only “thinks thai suitable to the style in whil live, insofar as the articl domestic department, whit the management of the wif I t’s tricky because the pht husband chooses to live” in husband lives beyond his ml make purchases that confol set; it could mean she has Paris import. If the husbi though he has a fortune ir restrict her purchases to t! Most courts consider it f chasessucharticlesasfood4 the children, household i

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medical services, and legal advice. All must be according to the style established by the husband, of course. In return, it is clear in the law that the wife must provide exclusive use of her body. According to one ruling, “it is the duty of the wife to reside and consort with her husband. This isa duty which she owes him...” And in England another decision reads,“by marriage a wife consents to intercourse with her husband, thus conferring upon him a privilege which she is not entitled to withdraw whenever she pleases.” The law doesn’t takea sentimental view of marriage; it’s a straight swap of goods and services, and the service the wife provides in exchange for her keep is most emphatically sexual. For instance, if something happens to impair his wife’s sexual availability to him, the husband can sue the cause of this disaster. If it occurs as the result of injuries suffered in an accident caused by negligence, the husband can sue for the loss of what the law calls consortium, which is tastefully worded to include such tender boons as companionship, love, affection, comfort and services - but sexual intercourse is regarded as the most crucial of the services. This law is derived from the ancient action which permittedanemployer tosueanyone who caused him to lose the services of an employee. The husband may also sue a man who seduces his wife and thus deprives him of her exclusive services. This is quaintly called criminal conversation; a husband can be compensated for the actual value of his wifeand for the injury to his feelings, honor and family life. A wife, however, may not sue a third party if her husband is sexually unavailable because of a negligent accident, and she may not sue the other woman if he corn m its adultery. Ontario permits either spouse to sue for alienation of affections, however, this means that a third party has led one of them astray romantically, but adultery does not have to occur. There even have been cases successfully brought against meddling and interfering inlaws.

How much are you worth? This is an indistinct area in the law. There is recognition by implication that housecleaning, laundry, cooking and child care services provided by the wife would be costly for the husband to duplicate on the professional market - not to mention the sexual services that the law stresses. The wife’s dower rights to an automatic one-third of the husband’s real property are an admission of the value of her contribution to the marriage at the simplest level, and most wives participate in their husband’s business endeavors as well. Lester David, in an article in American Home Magazine in january, 1959, entitled “Man’s Best In-

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value of a wife was approximately $19395 a week. Considering the declining value of the dollar since 1959, this puts the modern wife in the upper-income bracket, at better than $250 a week. Sylva Gelber, director of the Women’s Bureau of the Federal Department of Labour, has been campaigning for the inclusion of the housewife’s contribution in calculations of Canada’s national income. She thinks the omission of the housework of wives results in incorn plete statistics and downgrades the importance of their contribution to the nation’s economy., “They represent a substantial percentage of national income,” MissGelber hassaid. “The belittling of the role of the housewife and of household domestic services has been responsible in no small part for many of the dissatisfactions being experienced by some younger women who might well have found satisfaction in choosing such a role, but for prevailing attitudes”.

Can you sue if he breaks

Among the advantages envisioned by the inclusion of housewives in the labor force are the right to participate in the Canada Pension Plan, sickness benefits to be paid when the woman is incapacitated, and a floor under her income that enables her to rema in at horn e and comfortably raise her children if she prefers not to work outside her horn e. At the present time, the legal value of a wife is most considered when she is absent. A Pennsylvania judge in 1958 was asked to rule on the case of a man whose deceased wife had helped in his restaurant in the capacity of cook, attendant, and in various other ways. He made an uncharacteristikally flowery comment: “The loss of a wife’s services are imponderables which, indeed command almost inestimable values. Thecompanionshi,pwhich a wife brings toa husband in the daily routine and conduct of living, her encouraging glance or invigorating smile at times of anxiety or weakness - when the dull thud and clash of industrial and economic competition have brought nerve and sinew to a breaking point...“and so on. Most courts omit the eulogy and award the husband an amount calculated on the replacement value of the wife’s services at going rates, less the cost of her maintenance and the incidentals he normally would have bought her.

Can you breach. your promise to marry? Society is lessconcerned today than it used to be with the bruise to reputation and ego that results from being jilted, and suits for damages in such cases now come only rarely before the courts. But it is still a legal fact that engagements are contracts, and breaking the engagement makes the offender liable to legal action. The lawyers Par the defense in such suits generally cite undue influence in entering the contract in the first place, or material misrepresentation, or insanity, or age if the person was under the legal age. In one case the defense won the case by demonstrating that the offended woman was pregnant by another man when the engagement was broken, but in recent years the court has not been much impressed with evidence of previous sexual experience unless other factors also exist. Many countries have abolished the right to sue for breach of promise to marry, and law reform commissions in England and Canada have been urging similar abolition for some years. Whether or not the law is changed, there are certain customs that are observed when an engagement is broken. If the woman breaks the engagement, for instance, she returns the ring: if the man breaks it, he cannot expect to have his ring back. The same rule applies to any gifts exchanged by the two during the engagement.

What’s your name? When you marry, you may take your husband’s name and keep it for life, even if you become divorced or widowed. This is a custom, however, not a law. You are allowed to keep your single name if you prefer it. If you purchase property in your maiden name, it must be with your own money. If your husband’s money is used even in part, he should co-sign. In a move to equality with the male prefix Mr. which does not reveal the marital status, some women now are using the prefix Ms. rather than either Miss or Mrs.

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permits only a judge, magistrate or clergyman of an established faith to perform the wedding ceremony. You do have considerable freedom to write your own service, however, providing the clergyman or judge is willing; someof theelements, such as the last call for a protester, are customary rather than obligatory. A Quaker clerk or secretary is also authorized to solemize a marriage and the service is exceedingly si’mple.

Is marriage a good idea? It is observa biy true that a great many couples today prefer to dispense with the ceremony. Such unions have been common in the lower and upper classes for generations but until recent years were rare among middle-class people. From a legal standpoint, marriage restricts the freedom of both the man and the woman, putting the major financial burden on the husband and the major mobility restrictions on the wife. In return for this loss, both gaina considerableamount of legal protection and reinforcement. It is perhaps unrealistic to isolate the legal advantages and disadvantages of an institution so deeply ingrained in society, reflecting as it does the anthropological need of men and women to find mates, preferably monogamous and lifelong. Religion is an important aspect of many marriages; the religious interpretation of marriage holds that God has joined the couple, and often includes a sacrement or promise to live together according to religious laws. The social acceptance factor is also an important ingredient, particularly for women; it is still a fact that a married woman has increased status in the community. On the other hand, many employers prefer to hire single women because they assume that married women have casual attitudes toward jobs. All these important considerations aside, the following are the legal advantages that accrue to women whogo through the legal forms of marriage. There are financial benefits: the right to be supported, dower rights comprising one-third of the husband’s property, the right to maintenance payments if there is a divorce and to alimony if there is a seperation, the right to inherit, the right to claim support for the children. The children are legitimate, which gives them the right to support and to inherit. The legal forms of marriage impose restraints’which aredisadvantagesfor women: first, women are obliged to be physically faithful or lose all financial protection, while no such heavy penalty is imposed on males who stray. Mothers cannot make unilateral decisions concerning their children’s welfare, as unmarried mothers can. Custody of the children must be shared with the father, and, in some cases, e.g., consent to marriage of underage children, the mother has no authority at all. Unless the wife is the recognized work force, her marriage will mean the loss of such employment benefits as sick leave with pay, company pension plan, unemployment insurance, vacation pay; also, the wife may not find employment where she pleases but must restrict herself to the area where her husband wishes to live. There are advantages to a woman in a companionate or common law marriage without legal ceremony: one advantage is that the mate has no legal claim to sexual exclusivity.

Adapted from “Canadian women and the law,” by Marvin Zuker and June Callwood. Cartoons from Chatelaine magazine.

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Four tracksters The stand&d set for athletes to qualify for a trip to the pan-am trials eluded warrior Tommie Pearson time and time again as he attempted to run the required time. In the final try alloted, the young athlete crossed the finish line confident that he had achieved the required time for qualification in the 5000 meters only to. learn that he was two-tenth of a second off the standard. Not to be thwarted, Tommie stepped down to the 1,500 mt. and set a new Canadian junior record as he qualified in that everit.

This achievement gained Pearson a seat on the 747 which will jet four warriors to Richmond, British Columbia this weekend for the pan-american games trials. The other three warriors making the trip are Dennis McGann in the long sprint hurdler George Neeland. Coach Arthur Taylor will also be tripping in the near future. His competition will take him to Czechoslovakia for a 25 kilometer run against world competition in his age grbup. Taylor, one of the favourites, is in the final phase of his training for this outing.

In the olden days, Seagram’s gym was the home floor for the basketball warriors. Now, with a new jock building, no one seems to go there anymore. The recreation planning people decided to institute a new league centered in the old arena. From all sources, it seems this new ball hockey league has caught on fire. Each week, eight teams are involved in the gym floor battle. The idea is to gain control of a very bouncy tennis ball long enough to whack it past a goaltender into the net. The implements used to strike are very similar to the ones used in the version of the sport played on ice. The -rule states that no player can score a goal with the stick above shoulder height. Beyond that, the encounters are uncontrolled. After four solid weeks of slashing, hacking, etc. some sort of team status is starting to develop. T-Nuts hold down first place with an undefeated record of 4 and 0. Close behind are the second year jocks who have not l&t a game in three outings. In their latest exploit, they downed St. Jeromes 4 to

eng 3; and the armadillos over the grads by default. St. Jeromes although not proving themselves on the score board did, however, display something that often is lacking in many competitive, recreation settings, cooperation and sportsmanship. It was good to hear that St. Jeromes was more interested in having a good time rather than in just playing for the 2 points they might get in winning.

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GIRLS SPORTS Monday night 4A and “the” Kin 2B girls met with glove and bat in hand to see who was really number one in the jock department. At first, both teams seemed evenly matched, however the 4A’s soon and the tired (old age) aggressive 2B’s went on to win 2418.

The “ret’‘-ing crew finally came up with a win against the unbeatable Physics Co-ed team. Determined to win one game, the “ret’‘-ing crew recruited a few male “ret’‘-ers, then made Physics Co-ed hit with their left, and won 19-11. Suffra jocks also continued to display true winning form by defeating the Staffers 12-5. Next week captains and teams are reminded that the games that were cancelled due to rain will be played.

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Why the ‘conspiracy of-silewe’? nder the ridiculous guise of “urban renewal” the Kitchener city council has given away prime downtown land and two historic buildings to private interests whose aim is profit, not public service. Following in the wake of huge acquisitions in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax by the giant T. Eaton merchandising empire is the virtually assured sale of Kitchener’s city hall and farmers’ market area for only 1 million dollars. After no public debate. After allowing no alternate proposals. And after a three-month ‘conspiracy of silence’ during which the Kitchener press said not one word. The price of silence has so far been easy to take: just examine the full-page Eaton’s ads in the Record. But the price of silence will be high on monday when the city council answers to citizens side-stepped by a few elite businessmen. By agreement with the developer, the city will lease, for 15 years, its required office space in the new 10 storey office building on Frederick street. How long will it be before the city has paid leasing costs equivalent to the money it receives for the city hall land? How long will it be before the city begins paying rent it does not now pay. Consequently, how long will it be before the Kitchener taxpayer’s mill rate increases to compensate for these .+ extra costs? How many evaluations did the city itself solicit before accepting the developer’s estimate of the site’s value? All valid questibns - and all questions which city council likely hoped would not be asked by imposing a blanket of silence on information given to the public. The council may ask, however, ‘who will challenge our decision ; who really cares what we do with the city hall or farmers’ market?’ Who will care, indeed. It is to the shame rather than the credit of council that it very well might be the average Kitchener citizen will not care about this decision. Accustomed to accustomed to being alienation; ignored while others decided the future

of the masses; accustomed to being shunted from one fiscal extreme to the other, the average citizen will feel this poor treatment by city officials to be no different than the other poor treatment he has received in past years. So the plan will survive; challenged only by a few action groups too embroiled in their own specialties to notice how the Eaton plan really affects - or doesn’t affect - the average citizen. It seems silly to ask a city council so obviously unmoved by general feelings to salvage ‘something’ from an agreement planned to be so inevitible. But it should be done - right up to the Ontario municipal *board, if necessary, for the board must still give its approval to the Eaton program. Why cannot Eaton’s give the city its present building, when it becomes empty? Why cannot the city then use the building for community activities : a drop-in center, an arts and crafts and theater workshop, a community media center, an office for legal and health care assistance? Perhaps this will become a valid consideration at the public meeting to be held in the council chambers monday morning to discuss “urban renewal”. Perhaps. And who at this meeting will question the role of media in maintaining silence for three months on an issue that should be having vigorous public debate? Over a year ago the magazine Last Post documented examples of direct supression of news concerning Eaton family members because several newspapers depended so heavily on the Eaton advertising accounts. Not relevant for Kitchener, some people laughed. That’s Toronto, not Kitchener, others chuckled. Yet here we have an example of just the same kind of news supression. ‘News’ means the small businessmen who own land in the development area would force Eaton’s to pay more. If Eaton’s pays more, the city gets less for its land. If the city gets less for its land, then it will be paying more money sooner to lease the office space it could have had for free. ”-2 Money talks? Yes, but in this case money kept quiet. Too quiet. The press of Kitchener owes its readers and listeners an explanation. Will they get one?

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(thechc member: canadian university press (CUP) and underground press syndicate (UPS), subscriber: liberation news service (LNS), and chevron international news service (CINS), the chevron is a newsfeature tabloid published offset fifty-two times a year (1971-72) by the federation of students, incorporated, university of Waterloo. Content is the responsibility of the chevron staff, independent of the federation and the university administration. Offices in the campus center; phone (519) 578-7070 or university local 3443; telex 0295-748. summer circulation: 8,000 Alex Smith, editor Special contest this week as we say hello to the community people who will be picking up this special issue. About 10,000 copies of this paper with extra information about the sale of city hall replacing the federation of students ad on the back page have been distributed in the city today. Anyway, twenty Quebec piastres for the best suggestion of exactly what the caption on the cartoon above refers to.--It seems the board of governors has as much enthusiasm for the proposed unicameral act as does the senate: none. They didn’t come right out and say it, mind you, but the sentiment was there. They’ve set up a committee to investigate (naturally), which will report back in the near future. The deans were there at the board meeting tuesday, of course; Cross and Sherbourne feverishly going over a yellow-edged copy of the 1968 Batke report favoring a revised bicameral (senate & board) situation with Staal and Bennett...do the deans really want it?--There will be no paper next week so we can take some time to enjoy the holiday and begin preparing for the mammoth august 20 and September 17 issues. For next week, we merely request you temporarily look to the Stars for guidance until the chevron returns the following week.--And a word about the city-hall, farmers’ market fiasco: the chevron received its information reasonably soon in the week and soon discovered that practically everyone knew about it. Everyone except the people who count, of course: the people. Administration president Matthews might even have known when he entertained media big-wigs monday night at the faculty club, celebrating his first year as president, and his first year of “good” press relations. Editorial writers,.program directors -- they were all-there, and the drinks were good, and it was monday night, and meetings weregoing on, and We guess you could say a little bird told Us.--Listen for the announcement of a publrc meeting to discuss urban renewal on monday. It should be a must to attend. Thought of the week: Eaton’s simply will not be undersold. production manager: Al Lukachko coordinators: Steve lzma (photo), Mel Rotman (entertainment), Dennis McGann (sports), Rod Hickman & rats (features) This week it’s been eleanor hyodo, barry brown, jo michno, dianne shul’man, ralph riener, Wayne bradley, nigel burnett, paul hartford, tom purdy, brian and meg douglas, leo johnson, brian switzman, krista tomory who visited last week and thanks for the fish to Reg Friesen.

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In a special closed caucus monday night Kitchener city council voted 8 - 1 approving in principle the sale of city hall and the famous Farmer’s Market to the T. Eaton company of Toronto. The land, from the market south to King street and from Scott street west to Frederick will be developed by Oxlea investments limited, a subsidiary of Oxford _ Leaseholds - an Edmonton, Alberta firm with assets of over 60 million dollars. , Oxlea has developed similar projects in Winnipeg, Calgary, London and Toronto. Council’s action preceded a vote last night by the directors of Eaton’s and Oxlea which gave final approval to the $12,500,000 development plans. City council is to give final ratification next monday.

SPECIALMEETING Yesterday acting mayor, Morley Rosenberg announced a special meeting of city councilSto discuss urban renewal. The meeting will be held monday morning at 9 am in the council chambers, Kitchener city hall. The meeting will apparently deal with a proposal to exchange city owned lands for private development. All citizens are urged to attend.

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Though city officials have 9 further construction of boutMost violent reaction to the park area and eliminates the refused specific comment _on the iques and retail shops in the area scheme has come from individual present lawns and garden in front plans saying no information can be presently occupied by city hall. citizens who object to the “conof city hall. made public until monday, According to reports, the city spiracy of silence” maintained by Acting mayor Morley Rosenberg chevron sources confirmed that the local media and the total will lease space in the new office has announced a special public radio and television owners, as tower on a 15-year lease, opening disregard for public opinion in the meeting with councillors monday well as the editors of the K-W speculation matter exhibited by city council. that a new city hall morning at 9 am to discuss aspects Record knew of the plan since Wired World planned for MacKenzie Square - a group of of “urban renewal” and innegotiations began with Oxlea over and community people north of Weber street will not be university formants say chief objections of three months ago. preparing cable built. television spectators will be the council’s Sources said construction could programs will be presenting a ignoring But council had requested there of any other’ city hall roundup of this opinion tonight or redevelopment begin in -a matter of weeks and be no information leak, and media proposal and the would take only eighteen months to tomorrow on Grand River cable’s people agreed. lack of prior assessment of public channel 12. secrecy was to complete. Chief architect for the Allegedly, views toward the desireability of Other objectors charge the this plan is local architect John prevent skyrocketting of land type of commercial prices between Frederick and Lignwood. Eaton store complex allows for no’ redevelopment. Scott streets that was to be purchased by the developer. However, informants critical of council’s action charged yesterday I the secrecy only benefitted the evening that there was no truth to She concluded, “I’m all for developer who has agreed to pay The decision of certain Kitchener to support a move the rumours that the farmer’s keeping the market.” only 1 million dollars for the city city aldermen and the T. market and. the city hall were Alderman Merv Villemaire hall site. Council apparently did by Oxlea investments Eaton company to build a 12.5 sold. He went on to say “For the claimed that the proposal for the not seek independent any million dollar complex on the site best interests of all...just a sec. development of the city hall was evaluation of its city hall property. of the present city hall and farCan I call you back.” After about open for three years. “Everybody The developer has paid about mer’s market has brought various ten minutes Wagner did return the knew it was open. Nobody had to half a million dollars to acquire the comment. call and said that he had “no advertise in the papers.” rest of the land in the vicinity. further comment”. When asked about the proposed When questioned about getting Details of the project include: redevelopment of the area, John Councillor Edith Macintosh more of the Kitchener community l sale of the present city hall site Harder of the Kitchener-Waterloo apologised for not having been at involved in the plans, Villemaire to Oxlea for 1 million dollars, Record said, “The rumor is true. the monday meeting of the council said, “There were a lot of The building will be torn down. The caucus a destruction of the present which discussed the responsible people involved.” farmers’ market and its re- developers were in a very tight proposal in some detail. She said, “There is nothing really, really placement further south by a new situation.” “I’m in favor of people parfinal. There will be a chance to say building, Council members’ comments something about the project on ticipating in any major project,” e construction of a three-storey, varied but all contacted showed’ when questionned , about the monday.” parking garage north of the that they were not willing to reveal possibility of no public discussion Asked why the contents of the present city hall, the contents of the proposed land of the proposed project. proposal could not be released Q a ten-storey office tower on dealings. sooner than monday, he said, “The “I think that people have been Frederick street, behind the Alderman Allen Barron, when public is not ready for it now.” given the chance to air their views. existing Toronto Dominion Bank asked about the proposal said, “No He concluded, “We’ll either hang On previous occasions people have building, comment.” just not come out to suggest or ourselves monday or give you l construction of an Eaton’s store Bob Wagner another city complex next to Scott street, alderman commented Wednesday criticize projects.” satisfactory answers.”

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It is true that prior to Tommy, Townshend liked to end the song “My generation” with a spectacular climax wherein guitars, drums, and amplifiers were kicked-in, smashed on the floor and in one way or the other. totally destroyed (as in the movie Monterey Pop 1. This was not as reaction to an “unfavourable audience response”, but rather (in Townsend’s own words) “as a sacrifice to rock music.”

Review intelligent but misinformed Last weeks’s review on the ballet form of Tommy was interesting and for the most part very intelligently written. However, I feel you are misinformed in your appraisal of Pete Townshend. The article stated “...on stage he has perpetrated violent acts upon his audience when their response was unfavorable - a seeming contradiction to the sensitivity and theme of the rock opera Tommjr with which has been identifkd.”

However, as stated, this violent end to concerts was only performed prior to Tommy. After writing the rock opera, the Who did completely different concerts. At the CNE in november ‘69 (and at Woodstock), the Who completed “My generation” with the peaceful and sensitive finale from Tommy: “Listening to you, I get the music; gazing at you, I get the heat, etc.” Whereas “My generation” in its original form has as its main emotions, independence and anger, Townshend’s latest end to the song speaks for a sensitive, almost ‘!water-brother” Surely this is proof generation. that Townshend is not an “antagonistic author”, not the medium of presentation “a contradiction to Tommy’s theme.”

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With regards to remarks attributed to me in your june 11, 1971 issue of the chevron: When asked about the effectiveness of the federation in serving engineers I did not commend the job ’ the present federation was doing. When asked about Camp Columbia I did commend the job the present federation had done. I hope this will serve to correct any misunderstandings that may have arisen from the article. RON QUINN elec eng .4A Reader Quinn has, himself, misunderstood the chevron’s presentation of his remarks. The article read “...Quinn commended the job the present federation was doing, but qualified his answer.” The account then went on to point out how Quinn felt the federation was not ideal. --the lettitor.

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firing, “All I did was to listen.” “It’s hard to put words into what’s happening,” said Robertson. He explained the terms “fire” and “resign” are a little harsh for they sound a little one-sided. Andrew said when he was interviewed for the job as medical director that he tried to give some indication of his ideas, philosophy of health care for college students and his personality . Because he was hired, Andrews said he considers his hiring as a mandate to carry out some of the ideas he expressed. Jim Cook, preseident of the staff association said he is acting in a grievance role as a neutral arbitrator between Livingston and the administration at large. Commenting on Livingston’s five page letter of complaints which stated the author’s willingness to disclose the letter to the press, Cook said, “If negotiations fall flat the letter will be made public, if things get settled then the letter will be thrown out.” The conflict of interest seems to be a policy difference over the role of health services, namely health services providing complete medical care.

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MACBETH AT STRATFORD Sitting down to write a review of somewhat Macbeth seems ridiculous unless one considers oneself a theater critic in the class of Nathan Cohen. So while I did sit in a seat donated in memory of the famous man the vibrations I received from him were not strong enough for me to successfully emulate his literary style and disect a play which has been done so many times before. What can you say about the Shakespearean festival? Stratford is professional. It is for the most part a smoothly run, well designed, competently performed theatrical experience. It has a reputation for being this and it will continue to uphold this reputation as long as it can fill a theatre. Stratford is slow to change or produce new techniques (especially for a Shakespearean play) and indeed there is probably little reason for it to change as its audiences seem to appreciate it as is. But to try and criticise or praise Stratford is almost a waste of time. Instead I have complied a list of helpful hints which may further your enjoyment of a night at - Stratford.

Re’cord math electio’n vote Fourth-year math students have set what must be a campus record for election turn-out with 71.43 percent of those elegible voting. Wednesday’s math society election resulted in John Dark, 2B, Steve Treadwell, 3A, and Chris Trothen, lB, being voted in as coop representatives on the society council. Previous reps Gil Sampson and John Head placed fourth and fifth ’ respectively, and lost their council seats. . The overall turnout on wednesday was an impressive 54.46 percent.

eGo stoned. oThink of a good comeback when a freak tells you to enjoy the movie. l Enjoy the movie. &tare at the ushers selling souvenir books and pretending they are statues. aMake them laugh - they won’t get fired. oRemember that the seats are listed in alphabetical order starting with Z. l Sit next to a little kid. l If you bring candies make sure the box doesn’t make too much noise when you start to eat them. The best method of eating in a silent theater is to dump the box upside down in your hand in one flowing motion.

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The board of governors last tuesday deferred a recent senate recommendation that it ask the federation of students to hold a referendum to confirm the basis for the collection of the student activity fee. The recommendation from the senate was made in the belief that because this compulsory university fee was established by the board of governors in the first instance at the request of the federation based on the results of a referendum in 1965, it was appropriate, after five years for the board to ask for reconfirmation of the basis for its action in continuing to collect the fee and paying the total to the federation. The motion that was acted on and passed stated; “In view of the continuing agreement with the federation of students under which the board of governors pays the moneys derived from the com-

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Through a 4,250 dollar grant from Opportunities for Youth program, five people have. been &Steel yourself for dirty looks when employed to open a free school for your candies fall on the floor. 35 children, aged 7 to 13, from the area. l Offer your neighbour one Kitchener-Waterloo “Project Experience”, a anyway. oDon’t drop your shoe down the summer program initated to help children explore and experience aisle - it makes noise also. environment, is located at the l Try not to think of the actors as their Integrated Studies farm on the unifreaks it’s harder to get into the versity of Waterloo campus and play when you keep seeing people will begin on july 5. you know on stage. Facilities for recreation and l Watch the audience - it’s often crafts will be available for use and better acting than the play. excursions have been planned to the Ontario science center, royal oListen to the audience - they have Canadian yacht club, royal Ontario better lines. museum, the planetarium, and @At intermission walk past the bar Ontario place in Toronto as well as and go smoke a joint on the lawn. other places of interest in southern #Get back in time to listen to more Ontario. conversations. In addition to the five full time #Watch the poor little kid who has staff members, volunteers who can been dragged here stare longingly help in any way are needed for the at the kids passing in their baseball project. uniforms. Since the grant from Opportunities for Youth is to be used only #Go watch the baseball game. for salaries, “Project Experience” #Concentrate on what the witches is hoping for donations from the are putting into their brew. to purchase craft and aLet yourself get scared during the community recreational supplies and to prophetic witches scene. finance excursions. All donations oGo to the Black Swan after the should be sent to “Project Experformance. perience”, University of Waterloo. ocompare the performances at Official receipts will be issued on each place. request.

pulsory student activity fee to the federation, and recognising that there are mechanisms within the constitution of the federation of students to resolve disagreements in this regard, the board of governors refers the question to the president of the federation for a report to the board by its October meeting, as promised in the letter dated june 7,1971.” In that letter, federation president Rick Page, pointed out the importance of re-routing the apparent student discontent over compulsory fees through -the federation : “The motion of senate (recommending a referendum ) goes a long way to jeopardize both the federation of students’ internal and external responsibilities. The motion indicates that student minority groups can deal with internal problems without using the mechanisms of the federation. It also indicates that the board of governors no longer recognises the federation of students as the constituted representative between the students and the university.” The board of governors’ move to refer the matter to the president of the federation reiterates the position taken by administrative president Burt Matthews last december following several engineering students claim that the federation was not responsive to student needs and called on graduating engineers to withhold their eleven dollar activity fee. In a letter to all U of W undergraduates, Matthews pointed out that students disagreeing with the basis on which the administration is acting should work within the charter and by-laws of the federation to provide a dif-

Seminar on Hippiedom ‘7 I “Hippiedom 1971: Where It’s At” will be presented as a seminar by Dr. Ken Westhues of the university of Guelph sociology department on Wednesday june 30 at 3: 00 pm in ssc 221.

Dr. Westhues’ talk arises from his extensive research background and interest in youth alienation, utopian communities, hippiedom, monasticism, the Roman Catholic Church, and defence industries. After the seminar, Dr. Westhues would like to meet over supper with people having research or personal interest in alternative lifestyles or communal living. friday

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on fees ferent basis, “ if that should be the expressed wish of the majority.” The recent move also indicates that the board recognises that the dissatisfied students have made little attempt to work out the problems within the federation channels. Engineering dean Archie Sherbourne didn’t seem interested in allowing the ‘federation an opportunity to resolve its internal problems when he asked the other board members to allow students to approach the board of governors without going through the federation. Matthews replied saying that the matter came before the board circumventing the federation in the first place. Rick Page also pointed out that the federation was the sole responsible body of the students by agreement between the federation and the board of governors. There seemed to be some mdication of increasing commu&ation on june ninth when representatives from the engineering societies and federation of students met on the radio wa terloo program “Federation Reports” to air their differences. Eng sot rep Frank Deeg said afterwards that it was a constructive meeting. ’

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More than six million refugees have now fled from East Pakistan (Bangla Desh) into India, a country that has hardly any room for them. These people are dying of cholera and pneumonia at the rate of a few thousand per day and face the growing threat of famine. India is trying its best to help them, but India’s economy can’t afford to sustain them even temporarily. The cost of only feeding six million people costs approximately 1.5 million dollars per day--at the rate of 25 cents per head per day. The India-Canada association of Waterloo and Oxfam have organised a joint East Pakistan relief fund. Will you do what you can to help? Make your cheque payable to ‘East Pakistan Refugee Relief Fund’ and mail it to: Professor A.G. Kempton, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo. There will also be collection boxes around the campus next week. Volunteers are needed to help collect donations. Contact Norma Sengupta, biology department, extension 2558. 25 june

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ntil the middle of the nineteenth century, married women had no legal rights at all. Until then, women were classified in the same category as lunatics and children, and the wedding ceremony was purely the transfer of a warm chattel, namely one female, from one male owner, her father, to the next, her husband. The marriage certificate today remains a legal document that establishes property rights - the faithful wife gets a lifelong claim to her husband’s earnings and property. Wives have no legal obligation to contribute to the support of children at all, whilea husband can be sent to prison for failing to do so. In many respects the certificate em bodies the traditional interpretation of a wife’s role: in return for financial consideration, she becomes part janitor, part breeder,‘part prostitute. Reform of the Marriage Act in Canada is uneven because the British North America Act assigns jurisdiction over marriages tothe provinces. This is the reason why married women could remain at a disadvantage in Quebec long after regulations had been improved elsewhere in Canada. Some revisions in Quebec law passed in 1964and at the end of 1969 have improved enormously the status of wives in that province, but wives in Quebec still lag behind the rest of the country in such areas as authority over children.

Is your marriiage valid? There is some variation in the regulations governing the validity of marriages from one state or province to another in North America, but there are major conditions which hold true everywhere. The most common reason for declaring a marr,iage to be invalid - for ruling that it didn’t happen at all - is bigamy, which occurswhenoneof the partners in a marriage is legally married tosomeoneelseat the timeof the wedding. A marriage is also invalid if it can be shown that one partner did not have the mental capacity to understand what was involved in marriage, either by rea$on of insanity or mental retardation. There are strict regulations against marrying relatives, and a marriage may be void if the partners are too closely related. These regulations vary slightly in some provinces, but basically they are as follows. A women may not marry her: Grandfather, Grandmother’s husband, Husband’s grandfather, Uncle, Aunt’s husband, Husband’s uncle, Father, Stepfather, Husband’s father, Son, Husband’s son, Daughter’s husband, Brother, Grandson, Granddaughter’s husband, Husband’s grandson, Nephew, Neice’s husband,. Husband’s nephew, or Husband’s brother. (According to the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1927, the last two relationships listed no longer necessarily invalidate a marriage.) These conditions apply in the same way to men, who may not marry their grandmother, grandfather’s wife, wife’s grandmother, aunt, and so on. Marriages can be declared void if there is proof that the ceremony took place without the free will of both parties. This condition, free will, is a vital factor in determining the legality of a marriage. (However, even

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though a number of marriages occur as the result of parental pressure, it is very rarely involked as a justification for invalidating a marriage.) If duress or coercion is used to bring a couple to the altar, the marriage may be declared void. Duress means the exercise of force, but it doesn’t have to be physical force - threats inducing fear are regarded as, duress. A marriage isn’t legal either if it can be proved that one of the partners was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the ceremony, or that one of them was totally unaware that a marriage ceremony was really happening, or that someone married the wrong person, such as the wrong twin, by mistake. A marriage cannot be considered void because one party to the marriage misjudges the otl?er partner% true nature, or misrepresents financial status, or if the ,bride is found to have been pregnant by someone other than the groom at the time of the wedding. There is a difference between what the law calls a void marriage and what is known as a voidable marriage. Void marriages are those which, from a legal point of view, never existed for even a moment, as in the circumstances just described. A woman who suspects that her marriage is void and has reasonable proof tosupport her view can apply for an annulment at the nearest court. A voidable marriage is one that is never consumated - no sexual intercourse follows the wedding ceremony. Whether the failure to consummate is the result of physical or psychological conditions - impotence or unwillingness - it must be proved that the condition is unlikely to be cured by surgery or any other method. The wife, however, must make application for an annulment wherever her husband happens to be living, even if she lives in a different country or province. If a decree of annulment is granted, it works retroactively and wipesout the marriage in the legal sense. Curiously, the never-husband may still be obliged to maintain his never-wife, or vice versa, by means of periodic payments or a lump sum. The Matrimonial Causes Act of Ontario has a section which enables a judge to require maintenance if the never-wife has not committed adultery during the period of the nonmarriage. The court can hold up the judgment of annulment until the money is paid.

When may you marry? Anyone over the required age may marry without obtaining consent from parents, but it is necessary for those under that age to have written permission from the father. This age varies from province to province: it iseighteen in Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Ontario; it is twenty-one in British Columbia, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Saskatchewan; In Prince Edward Island and Quebec, the age of free marriage is eighteen for females and twenty-one for males. If the father and mother are seperated or divorced, the mother alone may give permission; but when the parents live together and the mother approves of the wedding, it cannot take place if the father is opposed. A court application can be made if any person wishing to marry believes that the required parental consent is being withheld unreasonably and arbitrarily. Persons under the age of free marriage may be able to marry without parental consent when there is an existing pregnancy, provided a doctor certifies that the girl is pregnant. (Ontario, if the girl is under fourteen she may get married only if she is pregnant and the marriage is necessary to ensure the legitimacy of the child.) It seems monstous, but according to the most recent statistics available, 343 girls under the age of sixteen were married in 1353 in Canada; girls of fourteen married men as old as twenty-six and girls of

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fifteen were married to men asold as thirty-two. There are residence qualifications: in most provinces, at least one of the partners in a legal marriage must have been a resident in that jurisdiction for at least fifteen days before the application is made. Canadian courts have been known to forgive some breaches of the Marriage Act when it could be shown that a marriage had taken place in good faith. For instance, in one case i’n Ontario, though the bride was under eighteen at the time of the ceremony and her father couldn’t remember whether or not he had signed the consent, the marriage was upheld (Clause v. Clause): In Saskatchewan, Alberta, #lanitoba and Nova Scotia, however, courts are likely to dissolve a marriage if consent -has not been obtained. In a situation in Ontario where a marriage license had been overlooked (Alspector v. Alspector), the marriage was ruled valid.

How do you remarry? Dr. Johnson commented cynically that “to marry a second time represents a triumph of hope over experience,” but second marriages appear to have a higher success rate than first ones. The requirements, however, are more complicated. If you were divorced by a Special Act of the Parliament of Canada, you must file (with an Issuer of Marriage Licenses) a copy of the Special Act certified by the proper officer. If you were granted a divorce or annulment by the Ontario Supreme Court or a court of competent jurisdiction in another province or territory of Canada, you must file with an Issuer of Marriage Licenses, the F\lNAL DECREE or JUDGEMENT of the Court, or a copy of this document certified by the proper Court Officer. It isn’t enough to submit a copy of the Decree Nisi. If your divorce or annulment took place outside Canada, you need the authorization of the Provincail Secretary before you can obtain a marriage license. You or your lawyer must submit the following information to the Office of the Registrar General: *the application for a marriage license in the handwriting of the two whowish to be married;. l a copy of the decree or decrees of divorce or annulment certified by the proper Court Officer under the Seal of the Court, or otherwise properly authenticated (if the decree is in a foreign language, a verified translation must be attached - French is not a foreign language in Canada); @a statement and affidavit of sole responsibility; this is a departmental form which can be obtained at any office where marriage licenses are issued, and must be filled out bj both of.you; aa written statement signed by any lawyer in the province to the effect that he has studied the appropriate documents and finds that the divorce or annulment complies with provincial regulations.

Can he beat you? .’ Not really. In 17% it was a matter of law that a husband could beat hiswife (but not in a violent or cruel manner) and keep her tied or locked in a room. The law today takes the view that it is an advantage for a man to have his wife in healthy, prime condition. If she is injured by a third party’s negligence, for instance, he can file a seperate suit for damages; she sues to be reimbursed for her injuries and expenses, he sues because her usefulness to him is reduced. If a husband strikes or threatens his wife, she is entitled to lay a charge against him and testify in court to his actions. If the wife is hurt accidentally by the

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What do you Marriage offers wor vantage over men by tl entitled to keep all th granted to men who at support their wives at required by law to sups children, but it isn’t like indifferent to a case in cu,sed of spending her husband and children v The wife is also entitl _ “dower rights,” which t being legally married sh of her husband’s real nameappearson thedef his house, for instance, h consent or else pay her one-third interest. She bought out. If the husband desert family home even if it it provides suitable alterr All these financial be wife’s sexual fidelity ar adultery even once, I responsibility to mainta depriving him of the required by law to con1 that of his children) ant Provided she is faith bed, a wife is also entitle his agent in the purcha: hisauthority. Such pure luxuries but only purch domestic needs. The cc wife buys only “things suitable to the style in live, insofar as the a domestic department, v the management of the I t’s tricky because the husband chooses to live husband lives beyond hi make purchases that c( set; it could mean she Paris import. If the h though he has a fortun restrict her purchases Most courts consider chases such articlesasfr the children, househol

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medical services, and legal advice. All must be according to the style established by the husband, of course. In return, it is clear in the law that the wife must provide exclusive use of her body. According to one ruling, “it is the duty of the wife to reside and consort with her husband. This isa duty which she owes him...” And in England another decision reads,“by marriage a wife consents to intercourse with her husband, thus conferring upon him a privilege which she is not entitled to withdraw whenever she pleases.” The law doesn’t takea sentimental view of marriage; it’s a straight swap of goods and serv.ices, and the service the wife provides in exchange for her keep is most emphatically sexual. For instance; if something happens to impair his wife’s sexual availability to him, the husband can sue the cause of this disaster. If it occurs as the result of injuries suffered in an accident caused by negligence, the husband can sue for the loss of what the law calls consortium, which is tastefully worded to include such tender boons as corn panionship, love, affection, comfort and services - but sexual intercourse is regarded as the most crucial of the services. This law is derived from the ancient action which permittedanemployer tosueanyonewhocaused him to lose the services of an employee. The husband may also sue a man who seduces his wife and thus deprives him of her exclusive services. This is quaintly called criminal conversation; a husband can be corn pensated for the actual value of his wifeand for the injury to his feelings, honor and family life. A wife, however, may not sue a third party if her husband is sexually unavailable because of a negligent accident, and she may not sue the other woman if he commits adultery. Ontario permits either spouse to sue for alienation of affections, however, this means that a third party has led one of them astray romantically, but adultery does not have to occur. There even have been cases successfully brought against meddling and interfering inlaws.

How much are you worth? This is an indistinct area in the law. There is ‘recognition by implication that housecleaning, laundry, cooking and child care services provided by the wife would be costly .for the husband to duplicate on the professional .market - not to, mention the sexual services that the law stresses. The wife’s dower rig.hts to an automatic one-third of the husband’s real property are an admission of the value of her contribution to the marriage at: the simplest level, and most wives participate in their husband’s business endeavors as well. Lester David; in an article in American Home Magazine in january, l959, entitled “Man’s Best, Investment - His Wife” calcu’lated that the monetary value of a wife was approximately $19395 a week. Considering the declining value of the dollar since 1959; this puts the modern wife in the upper-income bracket, at better than $250 a week. Sy Iva Gel ber, director of the Women’s Bureau of the Federal Department of Labour, has been campaigning for the inclusion of the housewife’s contribution in calculations of Canada’s nationa. income. She thinks the omission of the housework of wives results in incomplete statistics and downgrades the importance of their contribution to the nation’s economy. “They represent a substantial percentage of national income,” MissGelber hassaid. “The belittling of the role of the housewife and of household domestic services has been responsible in no small part for many of the dissatisfactions being experienced by some younger women who might well have found satisfaction in choosing such a role, but for prevailing attitudes”.

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Among the advantages envisioned by the inclusion of housewives in the labor force are the right to participate in the Canada Pension Plan, sickness benefits to be paid when the woman is incapacitated, and a floor under her income that enables her to remain at home and comfortably raise her children if she prefers not to work outside her home. At the present time, the legal value of a wife is most considered when she is absent. A Pennsylvania judge in 1958 was asked to rule on the case of a man whose deceased wife had helped in his restaurant in the capacity of cook, attendant, and in various other ways. He made an uncharacteristikally flowery comment: “The loss of a wife’s services are imponderables which, indeed command almost inestimable values. The companionship which a wife brings to a husband in the daily routine and conduct of living, her encouraging glance or invigorating smile at times of anxiety or weakness - when the dull thud and clash of industrial and economic competition have brought nerve and sinew to a breaking point...“and so on. Most courts omit the eulogy and award the husband an amount calculated on the replacement value of the wife’s services at going rates, less the cost of her maintenance and the incidentals he normally would have bought her.

Can you breach your promise to marry? . Society is lessconcerned today than it used to be with the bruise to reputation and ego that results from being jilted, and suits for damages in such cases now come only rarely before the courts. But it is still a legal fact that engagements are contracts, and breaking the engagement makes the offender liable to legal action. The lawyers for the defense in such suits generally cite undue influence in entering the contract in the first place, or material misrepresentation, or insanity, or age if the person was under the legal age. In one case the defense won the case, by demonstrating that the offended woman was pregnant by another man when the engagement was broken, but in recent years the court has not been much impressed with evidence of previous sexual experience unless other factors also exist. Many countries have abolished the right to sue for breach of promise to marry, and law reform commissions in England and Canada have been urging similar abolition for some years. Whether or not the law is changed, there are certain customs that are observed when an engagement is broken. If the woman breaks the engagement, for instance, she returns the ring: if the man breaks it, he cannot expect to have his ring back. The same rule applies to any gifts exchanged by the two during the engagement;

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When you marry, you may take your husband’s name and keep it for life, even if you become divorced or widowed. This is a custom, however, not a law. You are allowed to keep your single name if you prefer it. If you purchase-property in your maiden name, it must be with your own money. If your husband’s money is used even in part, .he should co-sign. In a move to equality with the male prefix Mr. which does not reveal the marital status, some women now are using the prefix Ms. rather than either Miss or Mrs.

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permits only a judge, magistrate or clergyman of an established faith to perform the wedding ceremony. You do have considerable freedom to write your own service, however, providing the clergyman or judge is willing; some of the elements, such as the last call for a protester, are customary rather than obligatory. A Quaker clerkor secretary isalsoauthorized to solemize a marriage and the service is exceedingly simple.

Is marriage a good idea? It is observably true that a great many couples today preferto dispense with the ceremony. Such unions have been common in the lower and upper classes for generations but until recent years were rare among middle-class people. From a legal standpoint?” marriage restricts the freedom of both the man and the woman, putting the major financial burden on the husband and the major mobility restrictions on the wife. In return for this loss, bothgaina considerableamountof legal protection and reinforcement. It is perhaps unrealistic to isolate the legal advantages and disadvantages of an institution so deeply ingrained in society, reflecting as it does the anthropological need of men and women to find mates, preferably monogamous and lifelong. Religion is an important aspect of many marriages; the religious interpretation of marriage holds that God has joined the-couple, and often includes a sacrement or promise to live together according to religious laws. The social acceptance factor is also an important ingredient, particularly for women; it is still a fact that a married woman has increased status in the community. On the other hand, many employers prefer to hire single women because they assume that married women have casual attitudes toward jobs. All these important considerations aside, the following are the legal advantages that accrue to women whogo through the legal formsof marriage. There are financial benefits: the right to be supported, dower rights comprising one-third of the husband’s property, the right to maintenance payments if there is a divorce and to alimony if there is a seperation, the right to inherit, the right to claim support for the children. The children are legitimate, which gives them the right to support and to inherit. The legal forms of marriage impose restraints which aredisadvantagesfor women: first, women are obliged to be physically faithful or lose all financial protection, while no such heavy penalty is imposed on males who stray. Mothers cannot make unilateral decisions concerning their children’s welfare, as unmarried mothers can. Custody of the children must be shared with the father, and, in some cases, e.g., consent to marriage of underage children, the mother has no authority at all. Unless the wife is the recognized work force, her marriage will mean the loss of such employment benefits as sick leave with pay, corn pany pension plan, unemployment insurance, vacation pay; also, the wife may not find employment where she pleases but must restrict herself to the area where her husband wishes to \ live. There are advantages to a woman in a companionate or common law marriage without legal ceremony: one advantage is that the mate has no legal claim to sexual exclusivity.

Adapted from “Canadian women and the law,” by Marvin Zuker and June Cailwood. Cartoons from Chatelaine magazine.

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This achievement gained Pearson a seat on the 747 which will jet four warriors to Richmond, British Columbia this weekend for the pan-american games trials. The other three warriors making the trip are Dennis McGann in the long sprint hurdler George Neeland. Coach Arthur Taylor will also be tripping in the near future. His competition will take him to Czechoslovakia for a 25 kilometer run against world competition in his age group. Taylor, one of the favourites, is in the final phase of his training for this outing.

In the olden days, Seagram’s gym was the home floor for the basketball warriors. Now, with a new jock building, no one seems to go there anymore. The recreation planning people decided to institute a new league centered in the old arena. From all sources, it seems this new ball hockey league has caught on fire. Each week, eight teams are involved in the gym floor battle. The idea is to gain control of a very bouncy tennis ball long enough to whack it past a goaltender into the net. The implements used to strike are very similar to the ones used in the version of the sport played on ice. The rule states that no player can score a goal with the stick above shoulder height. Beyond that, the encounters are uncontrolled. After four solid weeks of slashing, hacking, etc. some sort of team status is starting to develop. T-Nuts hold down first place with an undefeated record of 4 and 0. Close behind are the second year jocks who have not lost a game in three outings. In their latest exploit, they downed St. Jeromes 4 to

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Semi-finals will be Monday, July 5th and the finals will be held Thursday, July 8th. For further information call the convener -Terry Redvers at 578-0704.

GIRLS SPORTS Monday night 4A and “the” Kin 2B girls met with glove and bat in hand to see who was really number one in the jock department. At first, both teams seemed evenly matched, however the 4A’s soon age) and the tired told aggressive 2B’s went on to win 2418.

The “ret’‘-ing crew finally came up with a win against the unbeatable Physics Co-ed team. Determined to win one game, the “ret’‘-ing crew recruited a few male “ret’‘-ers, then made Physics Co-ed hit with their left, and won 19-11. Suffrajocks also continued to display true winning form by defeating the Staffers 12-5. Next week captains and teams ’ are reminded that the games that were cancelled due to rain will be played.

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Why the ‘conspiracy of silence’? nder the ridiculous guise of “urban renewal” the Kitchener city council has given away prime downtown land and two historic -buildings to private interests whose aim is profit, not public service. Following in the wake of huge acquisitions in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax by the giant T. Eaton merchandising empire is the virtually assured sale of Kitchener’s city hall and farmers’ market area for only 1 million dollars. After no public debate. After allowing *no alternate proposals. And after a three-month ‘conspiracy of silence’ during which the Kitchener press said not one word. The price of silence has so far been easy to take: just examine the full-page Eaton’s ads in the Record. But the price of silence will be high on monday when the city council answers to citizens side-stepped by a few elite businessmen. By agreement with the developer, the city will lease, for 15 years, its required office space in the new 10 storey office building on Frederick street. How long will it be before the city has paid leasing costs equivalent to the money it receives for the city hall land? How long will it be before the city -begins paying rent it does not now pay. Consequently, how long will it be before the Kitchener taxpayer’s mill rate increases to compensate for these extra costs? How many evaluations did the city itself solicit before accepting the developer’s estimate of the site’s value? All valid questions - and all questions which city council likely hoped would not be asked by imposing a blanket of silence on information given to the public. The council may ask, however, ‘who will challenge our decision; who really cares what we do with the city hall or farmers’ market? ’ Who will care, indeed. It is to the shame rather than the credit of council that it very well might be the average Kitchener citizen will not care about Accustomed to this decision. alienation; accustomed to being ignored while others decided the future

of the masses; accustomed to being shunted from one fiscal extreme to the other, the average citizen will feel this poor treatment by city officials to be no different than the other poor treatment he has received in past years. So the plan will survive; challenged only by a few action groups too embroiled in their own specialties to notice how the Eaton plan really affects - or doesn’t affect - the average citizen. It seems silly to ask a city council so obviously unmoved by general feelings to salvage ‘something’ from an agreement planned to be so inevitible. But it should be done - right up to the Ontario municipal board, if necessary, for the board must still give its approval to the Eaton program. Why cannot Eaton’s give the city its present building, when it becomes empty? Why cannot the city then use the building for community activities : a drop-in center, an arts and crafts and theater workshop, a community media center, an office for legal and health care assistance? Perhaps this will become a valid consideration at the public meeting to be held in the council chambers monday morning to discuss “urban renewal”. Perhaps. And who at this meeting will question the role of media in maintaining silence for three months on an issue that should be having vigorous public debate? Over a year agothe magazine Last Post documented examples of direct supression of news concerning Eaton family members because several newspapers depended so heavily on the Eaton advertising accounts. Not relevant for Kitchener, some people laughed. That’s Toronto, not Kitchener, others chuckled. Yet here we have an example of just the same kind of news supression. ‘News’ means the small businessmen who own land in the development area would force Eaton’s to pay more. If Eaton’s pays more, the city gets less for its land. If the city gets less for its land, then it will be paying more money sooner to lease the office space it could have had for free. Money talks? Yes, but in this case money kept quiet. Too quiet. The press of Kitchener owes its readers and listeners an explanation. Will they get one?

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the diernw~~ member: canadian university press (CUP) and underground press syndicate (UPS), subscriber: liberation news service (LNS), and chevron international news service (GINS), the chevron is a newsfeature tabloid published offset fifty-two times a year ( 1971-72) by the federation of students, incorporated, university of Waterloo. Content is the responsibility of the chevron sta.ff, independent of the federation and the university administration Offices in the campus center; phone (519) 578-7070 or university local 3443; telex 0295-748. , summer circulation : 8,000 Alex Smith, editor Special contest this week as we say hello to the community people who will be picking up this special issue. About 10,000 copies of this paper with extra information about the sale of city hall replacing the federation of students ad on the back page have been distributed in the city today. Anyway, twenty Quebec piastres for the best suggestion of exactly what the caption on the cartoon above refers to.--It seems the board of governors has as much enthusiasm for the proposed unicameral act as does the senate: none. They didn’t come right out and s.ay it, mind,you, but the sentiment was there. They’ve set up a committee to investigate (naturally), which will report back in the near future. The deans were there at the board meeting tuesday, of course; Cross and Sherbourne feverishly going over a yellow-edged copy of the 1968 Batke report favoring a revised bicameral (senate & board) situation with Staal and Bennett...do the deans really want it?--There will be no paper next week so we can take some time to enjoy the holiday and begin preparing for the mammoth august 20 and September 17 issues. For next week, we merely request you temporarily look to the Stars for guidance until the chevron returns the following week.--And a word about the city-hall, farmers’ market fiasco: the chevron received its information reasonably soon in the week and soon discovered that practically everyone knew about it. Everyone except the people who count, of course: the people. Administration president Matthews might even have known when he entertained media big-wigs monday night at the faculty club, celebrating his first year as president, and his first year of “good” press relations. Editorial writers$rogram directors -- they ‘were all there, and the drinks were good, and it was monday night, and meetings weregoing on, and We guess you could say a little bird told Us.--Listen for the announcement of a publrc meeting to discuss urban renewal on monday. It should be a must to attend. Thought of the week: Eaton’s simply will not be undersold. production manager: Al Lukachko coordinators: Steve lzma (photo), Mel Rotman (entertainment), Dennis McGann (sports), Rod Hickman & rats (features) This week it’s been eleanor hyodo, barry brown, jo michno, dianne shul’man, ralph riener, Wayne bradley, nigel burnett, paul hartford, tom purdy, brian and meg douglas, leo johnson, brian switzman, krista tomory who visited last week and thanks for the fish to Reg Friesen.

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By this monday, a lot of people will know. The politicians of Kitchener are switching roles. Instead of ‘going to Santa Claus at that well-known department store, they are giving .poor Eaton’s an early Christmas present - all the lands presently occupied by the city hall, city hall square and the farmers market. Starting at the ratification meeting, which is being held at 9 am monday at the Kitchener city council offices, protest reaction will begin: After all, fighting city hall is one of the oldest and most respected games in Canada.

of the

Working people Most of the people - factory workers, wage-earners and their families just don’t give a damn. But then again, what difference will it make to working people if at the corner of Frederick and King streets there is a city hall or an Eaton’s? One of them raises his taxes and the other raises its prices. Either way, the worker pays more. Fighting city hall hasn’t been the game of the working people and just one visit to a city council meeting can tell you why. Most of our municipal government’s time is spent in dealing with land. The only big winners at these affairs are lawyers, businessmen, shopkeepers and land speculators. And because the people who slug eighthour shifts in plants, and their wives (stuck at home> know this, a new swindle by our city fathers is not going to surprise the community at all. But now may be the time to switch tables on our municipal leaders. This blatant give-away to Eaton’s can be an opportunity for the people of this community to get something for themselves for a change.

Protest groups Who will be there to complain? Well, likely some of the small businessmen in the area who are scheduled for ‘urban renewing’. Small fish however must get used to being eaten by the bigger sharks like Eaton’s. That’s what free enterprise is all about. The ecologists and conservationists will probably be there. The ecologists will cry angrily over the loss of oxygen-producing green grass. At the city hall square itused to be nice to sit on the park benches ,and watch the flowers bloom as gas from the diesel powered busses rolled over you. The folks will be kindly, but firmly told that the city has provided lots of green area nearby in the new Mackenzie King square. The conservationists will be told by the honorable municipal servants that they love old buildings, too (well maybe not as much as new money), but all of us have to be modern and realistic. So once again in the name of progress and the “good of everyone” (that is, everyone as big and powerful as Eaton’s) Kitchener will push on to its bright new frontiers. Perhaps the most pathetic group will be the small farmers. Mostly Mennonites, these people have been coming to the market at 5:30 am every Saturday (and Wednesdays in the, summer> to sell their produce. Farmers are getting hit pretty bad. The family farm is a dying institution. Of course actions like sucking all of the water out of Wilmot county by the Kitchener council hasn’t helped any farmers in recent months. Trying to compete against large-volume selling supermarkets leave these small guys at a decided disadvantage. In the past, one of the few equalizers has been the smells, colors and bustle of the farmers’ market behind city hall. Now this too, will be taken from them by just about the biggest super-dealer of them all Eaton’s. We can expect great sympathy from the Kitchener council. After all, haven’t we been told that these civil servants are the champions of the little guy? Therefore, with true generosity the city politicians will donate some small back alley to the farmers so they can carry on their trade. Of course, these new quarters will be temporary. These protest groups, vocal as they are

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In addition to the cash settlement, then, these groups should demand Eaton’s hand over their old department store at King ‘and Water streets. In turn, the trustworthy guardians of the people’s wealth at city hall should turn the old store to a management committee made up of the various community groups who would use the building.

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This area desperately needs a downtown community centre. If enough pressure is organised then the Kitchener politicians could be made to agree that this new centre of profit-making should be balanced off by a new centre for community use. The needs that could be fulfilled in this building are so numerous that only the space available and the enthusiasm of the people would be the limiting factors. l With skyrocketing rents and uncooperative landlords, a Kitchener-Waterloo tenants’ rights group could really use a cenrally-located place like the present Eaton building. l With economic conditions the way they are now, labor could use much of the space to help people with problems in unemployment, welfare and workmen’s compensation. oFor a long time various individuals have talked about setting up consumer-

assistance programs such as food co-ops, unfair advertising and marketing task forces, free stores for people to exchange appliances and things no longer being used. It is about time these various people got together. A big place like the old Eaton’s store would help. oFor too long, our old people have been put away in old-age babysitting homes. Room could be provided for these people in this new community center for creative activities : film-making, pottery and dancing. oMixing with the-older citizens would be the young. But rather than boring drop-in centers, we could offer music and film la boratoies and electronic workshops. l Meeting areas could be set aside for groups to get together. Housewives locked into their kitchens could get out to talk to each other about how to make their lives richer. l Of course, most of the first floor should be left open for people to just walk-in, sit down and talk to one-another.Kitchener could set the trend for other cities in ending the disease of unsmiling pedestrians by providing a relaxing downtown spot for people to know each other. The possibilities are endless. But to make anything work, people in various commuity groups must get together. This monstrous blunder by the Kitchener city council could be the opportunity people have been waiting’ for.

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Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the secrecy surrounding the sale of so large a frontage on King street has been the connivance of local media in keeping the news from the public. At a time when all local media are praising american papers, such as the New York Times, for risking imprisonment in their struggles to preserve freedom of the press, the editors, reporters and newscasters here have deliberately suppressed news of great local importance to Kitchener residents. In Kitchener, it seems the newspaper slogan “all the news that’s fit to print”, has been reduced to “all the news that’s profitable and convenient to print”. This is not the first time that local media has co-operated with businessmen to suppress news of business activities to the injury of the public. The building of the huge B.F. Goodrich plant in Kitchener’s industrial basin provides a good example of whose interest is protected by suppression of the news. In 1960 when B. F. Goodrich found itself cramped in an obsolete plant at King and Victoria streets in Kitchener, the head office in Akron, Ohio decided to build new facilities in Kitchener. Dr. R. V. Yohe, then head of Canadian operations, decided, in his own words, to “pull shenanigans” in order to get the best possible deal for a new plant site in the city of Kitchener. His strategy was to take an option on land near Elmira and start “rumors flying” about a

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huge expansion, as a means of forcing Kitchener mayor Joe Meinzinger and city council to come up with “terms satisfactory to BFG.“ In order to keep things quiet while negotiations went on, Dr. Yohe and BFG public relations manager Trevor Jones met with C. B. Schmidt, now editor-inchief of the Record, in order to get his cooperation in insuring that news or rumors injurious to BFG’s interests would not be published. As Yohe said, “The Record cooperated 100 percent and my admiration went up considerably for the Record, Mr. Schmidt and the fourth estate.” On august 29th or 30th, 1960, the record revealed, in a front page story, just what conditions BFG had won from the city by its and the Record’s “shenanigans”. “Goodrich Plans Huge Tire Factory Kitchener Out 3 Cities for $7,000,00O~Plant” read the banner headline. The story went on to explain that the deal was contingent upon a number of conditions including the sale of 100 acres for $100,000. (Three weeks previous the city had paid $142,000 for a like amount of land in the same area), grading the land, extension of roads, sewers, water, and other services. The cost of roads alone, to the site cost over $192,000. ’ By his “shenanigans” and the Record’s co-operation, Dr Yohe had cost Kitchener taxpayers a cool $250,000. Considering that in 1969 BFG’s assets were $1,256,222,000 and its profits $37,801,000 (it ranks 90th

among US multi-national corporations with 39 major subsidiaries throughout the world), the Record’s placing its concern for BFG’s financial welfare ahead of that of the Kitchener taxpayers seems somewhat questionable - unless one remembers that the Record is part (47.5 percent owned) of the Southam publishing chain, and that John Motz, the publisher, is a director of such major corporations as Equitable Life and Canada Trust. Lest an attempt be made to justify these “shenanigans” on the grounds that the new plant and four other expansions since were designed to provide jobs, it should be pointed out that in the old plant on King street, 1500 workers were employed in 1960, while only 600 were at work at the new plant last fall when Henry Koch, Record business editor wrote a long story praising BFG’s “progress”. Nowhere has the Record pointed out that the new plant was designed to eliminate over half the work force in the tire-building in Kitchener - and that the taxpayers helped pay for the loss of jobs. Who was, and is, being served by suppression of news by the media. As senator Keith Davey pointed out in his report on Mass Media, media serves those who pay for its services - not the readers. The BFG and Oxlea-Eaton stories merely confirm that fact. Kitchener-Waterloo desperately needs an independant press.

If you have questions regarding the sale of your city hall call your alderman: Merv Dominic

Villemaire Cordillo

74319659 744-9022

Frank Hoddle Russ Honsberger

742-0704

Morley

743-6777

Allen

Rosenberg Barron

Bob Wagner Edith Macintosh Grace George

Stoner Mitchell

57815371 743-2986 74511330 742-4974 743-7978 745-6207