. Tuesday on a petition for'a countervailing,
‘diity ‘on Canadian lumber exported: to the:
‘United States, «

. deparlment’s *

_governnienit ‘programs | th the :

Department’ of ‘Commer

“eave.

An Its preliminary ruling handed down.

the - U.S. “commerce

. Subsidies td the lumber" nee need rict
be removed, ° Forests: Minister”

Tom
“‘Waterland said Wednesday. |

* International ". f Trade: ;
_ Adminiatration i found three B.C. programe
_ “ito be subsidies of the biisis that assistan
. Was available only in apecifiéd areas’ or to.
_ Specified companies... 0 fe

_ However, the: valiies oF the. “subsidiée
. attributed : to these. programs. were, 80.

7 : minimum level (onehalt of one per: cent) an
"| reguired to trigger a tariff penalty, <0.
The B.C, ‘programs ‘cited by. the’ trade

administration were. the. ‘assistance to”

stumpage payinent ‘deferral. .

‘Waterland told'a news" conference that ve
“the: stumpage payment deferral —-which;
applies only in the Fort Nelson: ‘district - oo

was justified: in view of the .conditions
under which forest operations are carried. .

out there... >

“It's not giving the. éperater
Nelson an advantage. over companies ‘in
other areaa, | but - ‘almply Femoving a

; disadvantage,” he sald. ‘

The ~ minister said, - the: ‘trade

administration's preliminary, decision has -

oo

iiribér group initiated its actlon.

_ ithe: decision totally vindteates ' ‘ our"
¢ fsition,, particularly on stumpage,” .
_ Waterland sald. ve
“He said he expecls to announce his a
ruling thie week on the requested tranpte re
of. Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd,’s tim

uttliig | rights tothe Vancouver firm’s new.
owner! Fletcher Challenge Ld, ar New.

Tealand.:'

“The | federal-provincial ‘employmest ;
ridging assistance program’ will’ be

+ extended © ‘past tte ‘scheduled ‘March ‘ae

expiry date.
“Continuation of the prpgram’ ‘regiares’

os final documentation from thes &. Finance:
The ‘program pays 40: a week on. top. of

. unemployment insurance benefits to laid-

» Of forest industry workera who take part

~ |” small: enterprise, ‘low-interest Joans | and _

in company-sponsored forest renewal and -
other approved projects.-.

_. The Forest Ministry will closely, review *
MacMillan Bloedel Lid.’ 3. “ eut-control

performance on : Chown-owned :
. iimberlands on ‘Vencouver Asland; sald -
_Waterland.:

“He said. earller this week ‘MacBio. must

a agree to build a new sawmill before it
‘closes permanently.the 56-year-old mill at»
“> Chemainus.- Otherwise,’ ‘he- said, ‘the.
: forestry | giant would lose some of- its |
limber-cutting rights to another company

which promises to build a mill.

“Turkish. ambassador shot.

BELGRADE. (Reuter) - ~-Yugoslay

police ‘said today they have arrested the

Second ° ‘of ‘two gunmen “who shot. ‘and
serigusly. wounded ‘Turkish’ Ambassador
Galip Balkar-in Belgrade on. Wedndsday.

An official announcement said the man’

was caught: Wednesday night following a
major police search. It identified. him as -
Raffi Alexander El Baklam, born in 1062

and carrying a Lebanese passport,

-. ‘Thebrief announcement said El Bakiam .
is under intensive interrogation; but gave '-
no other details,. An Armenian terrorist °
- group clalmed : ‘Fesponaibitity tor _the ;

attack.

| Police ‘sald the other abeallant on- 1 the.

ambassador, who wag hit by two bullets to

‘ the: head and body; was seriously wounded - ..
_ -by/a security-man.in a gun battle which -
_ followed the attack on Balkar's ‘car;

‘The two gunmen- had: staged a- mid-:

morning ambush at an Intersection In
- central Belgrade. ‘They opened fire as the ....

Turkish envoys car stopped for. a red

; light.

“Phe. wounded gunman was identified as’.

‘managed to escape from the. scene ot the

attack only to be caught elght hours later, ;

police said. oe :
A Yugoslav student was killed. while

7 trying. to prevent® the attackers’ from _'
’ escaping. A retlred Yugoslav army colonel

was -Beriously wounded dn. a coe

which followed the assault.

“ Balkar was ina coma after undergoing a”
complex operation for wounds to the brain —
and; body. 7

‘A= group * calling ;

itself Justice

“Commandos: of the Armenian. Genocide
claimed. responsibility for the attack-in ;

messages to news “agencies in several

capitals. |

The ‘authorities in Belgrade’ ‘yefused to -
give any details on-the two gunmen and

: Tefused to comment reports that they ©
_ entered Yugoslavia from Hungary...» -
The diplomats Said the- two. attackers

were Armenian terrorists originally-based_

“somewhere In the Middle East, most.

__ Probably Lebanon. ” But ‘they had no other -
, Setails.; *

-Rjedutino sai Lavondin 88.36 as: Ae oy The The ambasgado dog's
stata toyhempiehlyo ube 21 Baklam. ns Reported rock ae feasts

sdatsveal gust of the uncertainty. that |
jaa: plagued |the industry since ‘the, o. 8

“gr#ATFORD, Ont. “(CP) — ‘The president. of. the.
, Canadian Farm Survival Association, charged with:
i theft of farm equipment last month in connection -
co with al ‘penny auction,” says he will stage a hemger
\-strike''In jail until. federal legislation is passed
" Feqhtiring court reviews of farm foreclosures. -
Allan. Wilford wae‘ being held in Stratford jal
- Wednesday after refusing to sign an undertaking. to.
“appear in court Mareh 1. a _
Iga Btatement releaséd by his wife; Wendy,’ Wilford”
pledged he.“‘will not eat until the,Farmera' and .
: Creditors- Arrangement. “Act: has: been, passed « in
., Parliqment.. . .Acitizen has a moral obligation to.’
~ protest bad laws;"? yo Bs
 Wilford,: “an: “Altentord,- “Ont. 4 “beet farmer, and:
~ asgociation “vice-president: Tom Shoebottom ‘were -
“> charged Wednesday, with theft over $200in' connection ..
“with a penny atiction staged by. the 1 group last month ©
smear ‘Palmerston, Ont.:
hd Shoebottom, of Denfield, ‘Oat. was released on his
“own recognizarice, aftek’ “aigning an undertaking, to.
“appear, in cpurt” next week. .
On Feb. 5, about "300 association members’ took.
“ eontrdl of an auctlon: the: ‘Toronto Dominion Bank was:
. « Gonducting on: -equipaient. It tad. seized | from. :
~ Palmerston-stea ‘farmer John Otto. me,
“In a revival-of.a tat#i¢ developed to coinbat farm
- foreclosures during. the Depression, bidders paid |
about $20 for farm’ ‘machinery valued at-close to,”
$100,000: They removed {t from the farm with, plang to.
rent.it.-back to Otto: ‘when he needed: it. \." :
‘After being picked up, at his home by. provincial.
police Wednesday. morning, Wilford appeared before
a justice of the peace’ h Listowel. _
REFUSES TO. SIGN . A
_ But after twice refusing to sign the undertaking, he
was taken to, Stratford where he- appeared before a
provincial court. judge: qnd 1 was jailed.”
Police said he could gogree if he signed the promise
to appear, but: Wendy. Wilford, who spoke. by.
hus! shad, sald he will neither sign <

“He hasn't: ‘oinke last night. (Tuesday) at ;
-sippertime,”” stie said ‘of her 140-pound husband..

. ‘The survival group: isitrying to press the federal _
“government -for fe-enackment of the Farmers and
Creditors’ ‘Arrangerient : ‘Act of 1934. ae

‘Ralph ' Ferguson, | “Liberal MP for Lambtot-
"Middlesex ‘riding. in, southwestern Ontario, . has
_ Proposed a private member’ s bill amending the act to
callow a farmer facing foreclosure to ask -@ county’
court judge’ ‘to ‘stall the measure until he found’
alternate financing : ‘or -was able to -wind up his
"business in an ordérly fashion, =

- In some cases, the judge could force creditors to

‘ reduce their’ demands on the farmer. .

: ‘The bill, announced Jast April, is awaiting second
.Teading inthe’ Commons. ‘But Ferguson. said:
Wednesday. he thought the government was two or”
three weeks away from “taking some action of some
kind.”

“In Toronto, “opposition members of the Ontatio
legislature questioned the charges. .

"It Ls difficult to imagine amore cuestionable and

"uneven application of the law,” said Mel: Swart, |

be “agriculture critic for the New Democratic Party.

attached to three Canadian
films. “brought :4 double-

A court case” “ challenges

‘the 45-year-old law. that
; requires ‘Tegistraton of
- forelgii agents * and

in Congress seeks to repeal
it. °

‘The central! issue : is
whether’ the provisions af

Registration | Act’: violate
basie. ‘guarantees . of free
speech in “the -U. 8:
constitution.

-actions is to keep the_

NEB remains: controversial -

WASHINGTON (CP) - —A. controversy about dispute has been applied to
public. fuss. about. U. $ documentaries produced by 23 foreign films in the last
government — ‘strictures the National Film Board of two .. years, including an ~

Canada. ‘Two of them are Ontario government film .

barrelled if belated assault,
Wednesday. on; the law —
behind the actiot

. the constitutional legality of

propaganda. A proposed bill

the 1998 Foreign Agents _

But..‘the effect’ of both .
"political pot boiling in the’ -

about acid. rain ‘and. “the
- otter’ denounces - -nuelear
" armainent, io

The court challenge was

organized by the American
Civil Liberties Union, which ©
seeks an order barring the .

government from.
“sllgmatizing the ‘films in
question ~~. as. Political
propaganda. "

started by Representative
Robert Kastenmeier, a
Wisconsin Demacrat, whose

bill: seeks ‘to overturn ‘the -

section of the: 1998 law used

against the films. He ‘said, .

keeping tabs:on such films
“should be ‘none of .the
" government's business.”’
The section of the law in

; unprotested,

about pollution. -

While those.
passed ' unnoticed and
~ they: .
nevertheless fuel suspicions

among critics: about: the ~

conservative .{mpulses _ of
the Reagan administration,
a major underlying factor in

7 the controversy. -
The legistative ‘action was

- The law . allows
administrators in the U.S.
Justice ...
require Mle judged ‘to be
trying

carry > an
statement saying’ is
backed by a. registered

“foreign, ‘agent.

actions

Department to,

“influence
“American, public opinion ta.
tntroduetory

a ae: pre me 6 may tye

R4ice Céintinués

ANCHORAGE {AP) — Barely a husky’s whisker
-separates Eep Anderson of Takotna and Canadian musher
Larry. “Cowboy”. Smith in their seesaw battle across
Alaska's frozen backlands in the, “Last Great Race on
Earth.” " -. °

Anderson shot out of. McGrath on 1 Wednesday with Smith,
of Dawson City, Yukon, hot on his heels just 53 ‘minutes

the: Iditarod.Sled Dog Race from Anchorage to Nome, an

_1,830-kilometre trial for. mushers and.thelr dog teams
" across some ofthe most rugged, barren territory Alaska
> can muster. : it .
The leaders are setting a fast pace, , aided by clear skies

and’ temperatures near freezing.

Smith was first into McGrath, 625 kilometres from ,

Anchorage, but -chose: to -take his . ‘mandatory 24-hour
layover in that Kuskokwim, River community, Anderson

had ‘taken his layover at Nikola, us kilometres east of -

McGrath. .
From McGrath, the trail snakes over the icuskokwim
Mountains to the Yukon River at Anvik.”

‘ Seven of the field of 67 mushers still in the running after

Saturday's startin Anchorage. had ‘not - Pulled. out of
McGrath by late Wednesday, including. last year’s second-
place finisher, Susan Butcher of: Manley. ‘Also at McGrath
were Dave Olson of Knik, Dave. Monsori. of Anchorage,
Lavon Barve of Wasilla, Duane ‘Halverson of Trapper
Creek, Herbie Nayokpuk of Shistmaref and Guy
Blankenship of Fairbanks. © - .

later. The two were about 1,100 kilometres from the finish of .

_ GREAT SAFEWAY SAV

“| @pRAWA" cr) _ - New):

jocrat . environment
eel dim’ ‘Fulton failed’
(faa "Wednesday: to pry
_ loose . ‘pécret - background .
> documents. “involving a
- controversial. 1979 cabinet .:
ui to. _, allow. ‘the

A ‘otion calling: fot: the!

~pelease. Of more’ than . 200;

"documents was tatked out: ini:
«the: Commons. ‘and did’ not

; came to, votes f0

: 10x of Canada’ Lid: “was |
“giver permission to dump _

; ‘up’to 12,000 tohnes of mine” ,

-- tailings’ daily into Alice -
Arm, a. level that. ‘exceeds

attracted : ‘little - atiention.

: “etd

"Romeo
‘etitielzed. ‘by. a: ‘Commons - dra
“committee: laat, year for his’. ”j i

te the 1979: ag
election, campaign, : Was
. taken | without: : “public

hearings.

Amax | says the. tailings
300-metre-deep’ .fiord’

. Former
“LeBlanc -

‘public’ ‘inquiry’ into the

He told MPs ‘the petition -

fisheries’ minister ©.
Was

 rimber’

“Everyone in the country —
knows they're trying to hide ar
Stay : there, producing. no.
* serious, effect on: fish life,

aigned ‘petitions or written.

+ to-Prime Minister: Trudeau. -
. expressing concern, over the .
issue. \. :
will sink to.the bottom and a

something,” Fulton” sald... fet

Tt-has: been’ documented : a

that, .Amax: lawyers: were: 6.)

Counc, "she

accorded MPs to. “make

‘statements in the Commons... .

“federal. “mining: : “effluent affair. Tw was gigned by 1,300
«regulations by 8,000-times. people: Fepresenting groups. that he would not: make
The ‘ deciston,. . “which | across the.country, he said.” outside for fear of lawsuits, |

Simmons acknowledged

Tole. “in. ‘the’ incident: He’. Pr # added
acknowledged” ‘atone point: . "Ros ‘Simmons, ;
*-thats.more , public ~ motice’ “ parlamentaey = ‘Becretary —
‘should. “have ’ been “given” for environment; ‘aceused.-.:
beforea decision was taken; . Fulton of “walking: through.
-Fulton : ‘tabled .a- petition the mud” and abusing the.
“Wednesday: calling: for a parliamentary‘ - ‘immuity —

When’ iv was wade at the, brought o neatly 100 7000 the the dumping permit was
Controversial but said. -
Fulton had not been able to -
Sawmills close” pode, evidmce
wrongdoing. ;

" VICTORIA’ (CP) — older sawmills closed because of —
\ slumping markets may not reopen and mills that keep —
“running will have. fewer workers, Don Saunders, Forest

‘Industrial ‘Relations chairman, said Wednesday::
“* Saunders told a chamber of commerce luncheon that
~ “under these circumstances providing stable employment
and job security.is a primary requirement.” . .

But hesaid the only way job security canbe protected i is if |

‘mills can compete with other producing ‘areas while still

making. a profit. :

This requires stability of employmient: ted to: “good

, ‘productivity and efficiency,” he said...

.. The -industrial association representa - B c. forest
-companies in talks with the International Woodworkers of
» America, Saunders is also chairman of Pulp and Paper
‘Industrial Relations which bargains on behalf of companies
with. the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of- Canada and the
Canadian Paperworkers Union. *

"" “Winder these circumstances why should a customer give
us a preference over a competitor that can asgure him of

Both groups are in the negotiations. - : fhe N.F.B. on
’ While the IWA is seeking a one-year, contract. with 4: | | British Columbia
~ substantial pay increase, a cost-oftiving, agreement and —FREE— _.
- more job security, the forest companies want a three-year _
pact with no cost Increases in the first year. ‘opm ard 300 “a
Saunders sald the ‘industry's. major competitors in the at:
U.S. algo have strikes but, ‘there laws and a less organized REMLEE
but. pragmatic labor force ‘provide’ their employers. with THEATRE
advantages. we simply do net have.” i pO
"' He said three-year agreements are the norm in the U; 8. = * More Infa.: -
' «with even longer" contracts in evidence. fad 635-6511

"- better continuity of supply," he said.

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