e' taImltguide Tom Earle - Correspondent iln Northern Ireland La st August Tom Earlels ambition of 25 y, e a r s wvas fi nal ly real îze-c. 1Hol wa s t ransferred to London to become CBCI s f or e i g n correspondent there. S i n c e h i s p o sting hels spent a good deal of time in lreland, reportinq on the s t rife in Ulster for CBC Radiolssl"The W o r 1 d at Eight"Il nd CB3C-TV's "The National. Occupational Hazards Vhî 1 e hei s e n j o y 1ne oir'~ -) t h e s c e n 're n 13e d1 n à t t C over-(. ,Aîri- -u~ o t t pen h t F r e ~ be t t o' ggtV J e pr e s i ni te o t u h r u 1 ' .. c-J C s treets-. îThe day aftter- one ot h*ýv is te Bel fast, the hotel where he had be-en staying was blown up. Such is the life of a foreign correspondent which, fhiese days, isalmostakinto being a vvar cor- respondent. former Press Gallery President Before h i s posting te London, Tom Earle vva s the CBC's first Parliament H i 1 1 Bu r eau Chief in Ottawa. He vvas P r e sident of the Press Gall1ery in 19- 6 7. E arl1e joined CB3C news in 1953, left for a year, and wvhen he came back in 1955 was transferred te Ottawa, his home for the next 16 vears. He confes- s es tha t among the things he misses most is "lOttavva in the w inter. Il Began as Press Agent A Mon t~r ealer by birth, Earle was bornApril 4, 1927. He began his journ- alI i st ic c a reer as press a9ent for a s teamship 1ine when he was 19. For f ive years he wvas press agent for Canadian Pacific. This backgrou-nd served a use- fuI1 purpose vh e n he was en route te England last faîl on the final voyage of CPIs Empress of Canada. A f ire broke out on board and Earle cevered the in- cident for CBC News. M a r r i e de he has two daughters S t eph anie, 13, wvho attends the Royal Bal let Schoîl, and Lesl ie, 15. He says it took some time to adjust te their newv 1life, just getting"Iused to the effort te do ordinary things"' in a city the size of London. Routine when he's net eut on assignment, he reports in each day to the London CBC PlicationsBritaints entry wlll have for British newspapers, the airmail edition the Commonwveal th, and the state of the British economy, (one million are pres- ently unemployed). L a st month Earle vvas joined by CS C c o r r e spondent Tom Leach whe now shares the heavy load of reporting. Overseas ssignments Included Trudeau Tour FIa rle's previous overseas assign- m e nts had him covering Commonwveal th Conferences and European Market meet- i ngs . ln J an uary 1971 he toured East Africa with Prime Minister Trudeau as a r a d i o reporter. A year ago, he ac- om pan ied External Affairs Minister M i tchell Sharp on his visit to Africa. He h ad a1 s o subbed for David Hal ton duringhisPanis tenure (Earle is bilin- gual ), and rel ieved others in London. How a Correspondent keeps informed To keep informed on his m-any",areaS ofr e por ting, Earte reads a lot: four 1«10 DUNDAS ST. F- - WHITSY "'If you want to look your best" WiItby 4686-4321 I ean's, Saturday Night, plus persorial correspendence wi th fr iends back home, in the Press Gallery andiCanadian Press. He dees, after ail, have te in- terpret the British scene for Canadian I isteners. Fnri en dl1y and enthusiastiç, Earle obviou sl y enjoys his job. For hlm, there is no place he'd rather be, ex- ce p t perhaps Ottawa when his London term i s ever. PAR~TS SUPPUIED FOR NMSTMOELS 1 and 3 phase MOTOR RIMWNDING & SERVICE mi Aplnc epafir lââto HARWOOD AVE. N. AJAX PULLOUT SECTION entertainment sports Sales 72 CAMPER ON DISPLAY Service ODWAS Go VOLKSWAGEN Body Shop WHITBY -OSHAWA 1425 DUNDAS STREET EAST WHITBY ONTARIO TEL. 668-9383 - 4. LTD. r- . . -- . - - . - - - 1 - - ý 1 - 1