Galway Advertiser 1979/1979_06_21/GA_21061979_E1_006.pdf 

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T W AW . I P E AAD A T i S RYLV Rl U G E / THEIR LORDSHIPS SPEAK OUT
Statements from the Catholic bishops after their June meeting in Maynooth have a long tradition in Irish history. Pronouncements in recent years have taken on a marked social tone and none more so than that which was issued last week about the current industrial relations mess. It would be wrong to suggest that this was simply a statement "for the record." Their lordships have been hitting out pretty hard on social and economic issues in recent years. They could have hardly ignored the present situation and retained their credibility as useful critics of our society. If the bishops' message--well written and containing some phrases of a headline-making potential that show a new awareness of communicating with the vest bulk of the population--has any real fault, it lies in their inability to pinpoint real causes of reprimand and to suggest specific solutions to immediate difficulties. W e all know that Irish industrial relations leave much to be desired. W e all agree that there will have to be changes, that there is need for further education, that we have to learn to cope with problems of a more complex society. But that is not any great help to the wife and family of the striking postal worker or to the unfortunate pensioner who cannot draw his allowance or the poor taxpayer who faces massive rises in postal charges whenever the services he has been unable to avail of for months return. It is difficult for the bishops to be specific. At least they had the courage to name one or two types of person who are obviously inhibiting social justice and they tried to isolate some of the most fundamental underlying causes of our troubles. Greed, it is suggested, is the root evil. Christian concern, the bishops hold, the only real answer to the problem. Nothing very new, not very original. But those who may cynically cry 'Play it Again Sam' have to be asked if they have any better solutions to offer. As for those who accept the general trend of their Lordships' arguments--and that probably means most of us--there remains the question of spelling it out in concrete details and in specific situations. That is now our task. The bishops have done all that they might reasonably be expected to do in the case.

TELEVISION GUIDE
THURS. 21 JUNE 7.25 T o p of the Pops 8.05 Pot Black 8.35 In Loving Memory 9.30 Positively Healthy 10.10 Musical Hour 111.00 Newsnight

THURS. 21 JUNE 3.30 South Riding 5.00 Stingray 5.30 Dusty's Trail 6.00 The Angelus 6.01 Cartoon Time 6.15 News 6.25 Private Laves 7.00 Rockford Files 8.00 My Son, My Son 9.00 News 9.25 Thursday Play Date 10.25 Nuacht 10.35 Thursday Play Date Part II 1)1.10 Late News

6.01 Black Beauty 7.00 Nuacht 7.25 Gather Your Dreams 8.55 Mallia A Forethought PHI 9.00 News 10.45 Sports Scene 9.15 Kimberly Jim 11.45 Late News

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REMEMBER YER M A N O
American mythology may not go back to pre-history times but it is, nevertheless, as rich and exciting as any in Europe. N o other character typifies the American legend than the cowboy . . . who despite his often ignoble qualities enjoys world wide appeal cutting right across generations, cultural barriers and language difficulties; a status denied to our own Finn McCool and his gallant cohorts. Possibly, its the freedom that the cowboy enjoys that is the most appealing aspect of his life-style. T h e man from nowhere who appears at the beginning of the story and at the end rides away with no other companion other than his horse, his guns and the stars at night. John Wayne typified the mighty myth of the cowboy as no other man. Boys would wheel their make believe steeds away from the Estoria or Savoy and slapping their backsides would gallop home to tea. There they would tell their M a about "Yer M a n o " whose guns never ran out of "ammo." Older boys would sigh a little. John Wayne never acted in his life. He just confronted every role with his inescapable bulk, wry humour and chauvinistic bottom-slapping that put his female co-stars firmly in the corner where all ten year old boys believed they belonged. Later, when all boys even more emphatically believed girls should be everywhere else but in a corner, John Wayne still held sway. Long sloppy love scenes were not on for our John. He would eye girls amusingly, and only if forced would he kiss them smack on the hps and quickly ride off to further adventures. If only we, were all so independent. He came to Galway once. In 1951 while making The Quiet Man at Cong he danced at Seapoint for the River Walk benefit, and attended a garden party at Spiddal House. T h e filming and personalities involved caused a sensation up and down the county. But it was as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit that John Wayne really understood the mythology he represented. He rides into the story from nowhere and following a superb adventure, and ignoring the pleas of the young girl to stay, he jumps the corral and rides away towards the mountains. And wonderfully John Wayne died with all the heroic characteristics he so often portrayed. With great courage, acceptance and magnificent humanity he cleared the last ravine from this life to beyond.

FBI. 22 J U N E Bosco Bosco Space : 1999 The Angelus Cartoon Time Bailey's Bird Suil Thart agus Nuacht 7.25 Wildlife of Papua New Guinea 8.00 The Good Old Days 9.00 News 9.40 Frontline 10.15 Late Night Cinema 11.45 Late News

MON. 25 J U N E 11.20 Bosco 11.30 Sesame Street 4.30 Bosco 5.00 T h e Life and Times o f Grizzly Adamson 6.15 News 6.2S Cartoons 6.35 6 Million Dollar Man 7.55 Poldark 9.00 News 9.25 Frontline 9.55 Barnie Miller 10.00 Nuadht 10.35 Executive Suite

FBI. 22 JUNE 6.40 Switch On 6.55 A P l a c e in Europe 7.25 Country Brass 8.00 W h o Plays the Ferryman? 9.00 W o r l d Sportsman 9.29 Sea Tales 9.55 Festival 10.45 Newsnight

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SAT. 23 JUNE Cartoon Time Generation Game Coldite Raffles UpPompey

SAT. 23 JUNE 11.30 Sesame Street 12.50 Man F r o m Atlantis 1.40 Sports Stadium 5.05 Scooby D o o 5.45 N e w s 6.00 The Angelus 6.01 Cartoon T i m e 6.15 Return o f the Saint 7.15 Nuacht 7.20 T o o Many Crooks 9.00 News 9j15 T V . Trophy Greyhound Racing 10.00 Trial o f L e e Harvey Oswald 11.30 Late News

TUES. 26 JUNE 5.00 Jana o f the Jungle 6.15 News 6.25 Karluk 7.00 Dublin 7.30 The Haunted Trailer 7.55 Demon F l y High 8.30 F o r Your Pleasure 9.00 N e w s 9.20 Duchess o f Duke Street 10.25 Nuacht 10.35 R i d a c k 11.05 M.A.S.H. 1)1.30 Late News 11.35 Mart & Market W E D . 27 JUNE 5.00 Inch High Private Eye 5.30 Vision On 6.00 The Angelus 6.01 Garda Patrol 6.15 News 6.25 The Ghost of Motley Hall 6.55 The Garden 7.25 Flambards 8.30 Hall's Pictorial Weekly 9.00 News 9.25 Mrs. Columbo 10.25 Nuacht 10.35 States of Munich 11.05 Woodhouse Playihouse 11.35 Late News

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SUN. 24 JUNE Cartoons The Virginian Salvage I Sikes Kilverts Diary Russell Hardy Prisoner

MON. 25 JUNE 6.45 Switch On 7.00 Indoors Outdoors 7.25 Coronation Street 8.00 Call My Bluff 8.30 Tomorrow's World 9.00 Birthday Party 11.00 Newsnight

TUES. 26 JUNE 6.55 Switch On 7.00 Celebrity Squares 7.25 T h e Search f o r the Persian Royal Road 8.25 A n d Mother Makes 3 9.00 Streets of San Francisco 9.50 A Sense of Place 10.20 T h e Governor 1)1.15 Newsnight

SUN. 24 JUNE 11.00 Service 1.30 The Garden 2.00 T o the Water and Wild 2.40 Francis in the Navy ( F i l m ) 4.25 The Prince W h o Was a Thief 5.45 News 6.00 The Angelus

W E D . 27 JUNE 6.50 Switch On 7.00 Hunting Power 7.30 Coronation Street 8.00 K A Z 8.30 Garda Patrol 9.00 Second Channel 9.30 Summer House 10.25 Love for Lydia

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A group of chief executives from the German Chamber of Commerce on a study trip to Ireland attended a reception and dinner held in the Ardilaun Hotel last weekend. Our picture shows some of those who attended (from left): Dr. Wolfgang Von Holt, Managing Director, Rheinhessen Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Frank Conlan of Gaeltarra Eireann, Philomena Byrne of the I.D.A., and Mr. Thomas McDonogk, Galway Chamber of Commerce.