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" Microtechnology. discriminates against women? -

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Microtechnology. is having &

profound affect on. most ‘everyone but there is

growing concern ‘that it) may

‘not benefit'men and women -equally.

In fact, some “unfon and

__ women's righta spokesmen

(cP) —-

traditionally have held jobs — the retail, service and clerical sectors. Microtechnology “means different things to different . industries, but in the office it refers to data’ processors

_and ‘telecommunications

systema . for - handling, ..

fay : the imewe-teehnobgy toning:iand umeving ine already has cost nibiny tnoye'” "formation: Deen it evened

~ women ther Mer their jobs": ‘and. they predict the trend

will continue. o This «is happening, the

- Spokesmen say, because

‘As “one bank: spokesman said, microtechnology. can - do things that were always dome, such as ledger keeping, only without the drudgery.

practical betore, such a5

building in hours a financial

. moded that, would have - taken a financial analyst six

months.

Early computers might have done. those jobs but ‘eng would have taken too

Ganada’ a technology development department in Ottawa explaing it, a digital

switcher now about the size of a bachelor apartment

would have been the size of a huge arena if it had been built using an

fe Sa naa gt the atl ‘SSN EERE, qomputer.

aller and, cheaper. ‘The silicon chip is an

‘ electronic device the size of | a postage stamp that lays” millions. of pathways - for

electric current to do

“it eae hag nade 2 ah agi oi aid 4c bien Ss. faster, 5m:

Banks are,;.,.: sing...

‘ microtechnology to get out . .’ from under a Hood of paper andto increase the number

of selflserve outlets that

dispense. cash and handle other routine transactions...

early.

Beerworth of the. Bank of

- Nova Scotia in the Canadian

Banker magazine;

*'Self-nervice: banking - is | -where. we are heading. We

simply cannot afford to provide tomorrow's ser- vices at today's prices, It-1s

while the per. trananetion “eost..of technology .

decreasing by about seven per cent each year. The

banking. industry has -to-

- benefits of rntcrotechnology.

Buch as - increased productivity and decreased drudgery... .

- But they are concerned about the number of jobs the. technology has eliminated:

-Nor do they accept the reenanized. that.the soot..of...argwnentihat as many. jobs, | aia JARonds Inoopesing, by: mane wwiapeloibeings : created asd. tian :20-perccent each year...

detroyed. ae He Alison. Roberts, . bead of the Women’s Bureau of the

Ontario Labor ministry,

says the situation must be

. watched closely. “‘It"s not

like Massey Ferguson with

mictotechnology is having - flelds

the greatest impact on. But it can also do things

where’ women that

_ Man blows it u

“NORTH BAY, Ont. (CF) - —The deafening explosion could be heard five kilometres away.

The onlookers — about 2,000 of them — gasped in awe.

And Larry MacLeod, who pressed the button that led ta the demolition of a Itstorey apartment building, had tears in his eyes.

It took only 10 seconds and 150 kilograms of dynamite to

* yeduce this city’s tallest and most" infamous. building :to a

pile of rubble. Because it leaned, the structure has been

... empty since ‘it was declared “unsafe in January, 1978.»

For MacLeod, the demolition was a dream come true,

; realized with the help of the CTV television program Thrill of a Lifetime, which is based on granting people's wishes.~

An Ottawa man who used to work with explosives, in the

"Canadian Forces, MacLeod had written to the program ona whim, saying that he wanted to demolish a building with

explosives. Following the demolition, he said it gave him “an in-

describable joy.”

~~ t's the precision, the engineering and having A con | ’ +. trolled detonation ‘to do what you. want. i ‘oe do" Ahat's" a thrilling to me," he said.” i ~

Deaths feported

OXFORD, ‘England (Reuter). -- The British naval ” commander in the Falklands conflict suid on his return-to: - Britain that more than 300 Argentinians were killed when one of his submarines sank the cruiser General Belgrano on

May 2 because the Belgrano’s escéris ran away. “The reason there waa a lot of loss ot life on the Belgrano was that her escorts ran away,”

“bonorable conduct.”

“But the admiral paid tribute to the courage of Argentine "aie. force pilote.. “They behaved bravely. cesnite taking 4

substantial: losses; he. said.

Connie; the nileae!powered submarine the ak the Seen “General Belgrano, returned to Scotland during the weekend _

. flying ‘a. aicull-and-crossbones ‘flag, to denote a ‘‘kill."

_- "The. ‘Titties reported today that It-is believed. unlikely in - + Landois: that the. submarine’s commander and crew will be

yeprimanded for the incident. . The Times said the practice began ‘dieing the First World "War as a private joke among submarine crews whose ac-

# vides ‘were. looked upon by the ‘yest: of Britain’ 9 navy as.

of ‘Piratical. .

moves pared off the Falklands capital only to become

were totally im-

Rear-Admiral John — ’ Woodward told reporters Sunday. “This is something less _ _ than I would hope to see from anybody in terms of .

Miwhile, The. Daily: telegraph correspondent. in ~ piFeported that nine Pollah fishermen, who jumped *

whatever job is to be done. “AS Gordon Clark of Bell .

This provides: a © benefit outlined by Richard

up. réal good

. MacLeod’s experience convinced ‘demolition officials he could help set up the demolition —an implosion in which the debris falls inward so it doesn’t affect surrounding

buildings, - So, dressed in cotton clothing to prevent & buildup of

static'electricity, he planted explosives in the holes -bored into the concrete walls of the building.

He also helped set the charges and unwind the wire cable that carried the electrical current to the explosives,

A spokesman. for Greenspoon-Brothers.Ltd. of Toronto .

and Sudbury, Ont., the demolition compary, said that in

preparation for. the unusual method of levelling the. -|. building, its first two floors were weakened and 700 holes ;

were drilled to take the sticks of dynamite. --

When it came crashing down in a gigantic cloud billowing ‘dust, spectators ‘applauded . and cheered.

Built eight years ago, Lakeview Towers had‘ ‘tilted because of structural problems relating to settling. When the city’s chief building inspector declared’ it unsafe, 300 apartment dwellers were left homeless in & city with a 0. 5 vacancy-rate.

The decision to demolish Was made about “ix months ago: --| - we by Canada Mortgage ‘and Housing Corp., which came into ..

possession of the building as insurer of the original owrier. _ | Ithas since called for proposals to Teplace the lost units.

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