Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-22
issued: 1978-03-08
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note: tmmmmmmmm~mwm "MOHAMMED ALI AND ME" kgialative library Parliament Bide. Victoria, 3.c. Jan 79 Full employment under N.D.P. - BARRETT B.v RUDY LANGMANN CLOVERDALE — "There tire only iwo people who'll be making tt comeback: Mohammed All nnd me... Mohammed AH will he lighting Spiltks, and I'm gonna light Ilinks. " New Democratic leader and former premier of the province of B.C.. Dave Barrett, is in top form. Occasion is a fund-raising bun-toss in the community centre here last week. "Little ol' fat Dave" is jovial as ever, sincere as ever, and once the opening puns have been delivered to an appreciative crowd of party followers, intellectuals, small business people, farmers and union people, — serious as ever. From the vaudeville-type comedian. Barrett gradually becomes the I930's type political evangelist. A fellow newshound quietly comments on the resemblance between this gathering and a political rally of 1932, then contemplatively adds, "...but I guess 1978 is like 1932 in many ways." Indeed. There is a hush in the hall while the hundreds upon hundreds of faithfuls listen to thier spiritual The i^ldergroveStar Vol. 21 No. 10 Ulegitimus non carborundum Wednesday, March 8,1978 15c per copy leader. There is no resentment that Dave Barrett "blew it" in 1975 when he let "the coalition of car dealers" in the back door to ruin the bright new socialist Utopia in B.C. Just one of those tilings. A revival movement is afoot, and Barrett will once more lead his chosen people across the Socred wasteland, even if it takes forty days or forty years. "There is very little to laugh about today. We arc in a serious situation. The prime minister of Canada and the present premier of B.C. get theirs. They both say they don't want to hear anyone talking about a depression. When a depression is right upon us. The Socreds and the Grits are one and the same, they are both oriented Inwards large corporations. "We are the only ones that have Ihe guts and ability to do things ourselves." y \ …
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0420909
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publishing Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text