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| - VANCOUVER ( (CP)— Mote than’ 46; 000

people. . “packed Empire. : ‘Stadium
the . British”
, overnment’s conttoversial cost slashing

“legislation,

-BTHousands of. publie- sector: - Workérs
attend,’ ignoring: |
“Provincial ‘Secretary. Jim Chabots threat
> that public servants who missed work to go.

would be docked @ day's pay. and have a | -. speaking for the urémployed, the slck, the

poor, the weak, for the-weary, for the long:
“line of. clilldéen, ‘women:-and men who, in. :

aoe “work to:

- letter of reprimand: ‘Placed in” thelr en~ i

ployment records *-

Wednesday" in :the largest ; ‘proteat yet.
“Columbia |

, Waslked, : : ve se
att Kube,* ‘president “of “the: BC: oes

The city's bus ‘aystem. ‘Was. temporarily :

~ hut down and 60 government quer atores...

‘were closedm Several ‘other’ government

agencies were only partly staffedm Civil

-. servants. who did. go to work’ faced’in-
” formation pickets and were encoufaged to, :

attend the rally instead’ 7

Although uniformed firemea: .and™

policemen attendedn their services awere’

not ‘affected by the: rally. Ambulance,
“hospital and el easential pervices were
maintained. Some .courts' were closed,
howevern ‘and relatives ‘of extendeddcare

patients.;in ‘sdme:’ institutions : were-’ ‘en
couraged. id help prepare meals or take

thelr rela{ivés‘for an outing.

The’ fourdhour rally was organized by
Operation Solidarityn a‘ coalition of labor
unions, socia] agencies and individuals

’ feeling of hope and any aspirations of of the

“Mr. Premier, Operation’ Solidarity. ia

darkness and despair have never received:
. adequate...”
government,” Kube sald ina rally speech.”

assiatance <from- your

“Hf you pass this legislation your act will
be applauded only. by bigots, the narrow-

minded ‘and: the powerful, but every fair "|
-——Inlnded person in this province, regardless.

of religious or political. persuasion, will
condemn you for trying ‘to crush out the

weakest in-our country. ”

Kube said that when the B.C: electorate |
_ gave the Socreds a 13-seat majority over

. the New Democratic Party in the 57-seat
- legislature «in the May: § provincial

opposed to the Social Credit government’ ‘a

legislative - : patkagen which :

Tights protéctlon and gives: Victoria -

- sweeping powers “to dismiss pubti¢ & sector -
. _ employees. ;

The organization brought more “then.

* ¥0,000 Protesters to -the lawns. of the:

‘ legislature two: weeks ‘ago and a similar

‘chacks': ..
government agencies, Idosens human’

‘ election, they votéd for moderate restraint

and recovery, not revenge.
The crowd fell ailent as Barry Watson, a

cerebral palsy victim speaking on behalf |
(of the -B.C.. “Coalition: for. the Disabled, .

made. ‘an eniotiohal ‘appeal ‘to . the

~ government to reconsider its cost-slashing

measures. . . =

“The | government. is. removing what |

little -eeonomic freedom and, power

: disabled -people had," he ‘said. ~

number turned out for its first major. rally 7

- earlier-in Vancouver.

Premier ‘Bill Bemett, in Toronto ‘to.

attend -a premiers ‘conference, - said: he

intends to: 80 ahead with his restraint .

programm
He told reporters the groups represented

_ at the rally have had their say, adding his
: Zovernment is getiing-4 lot of support t that

isnt ‘showing up at arenasm’?. -

Well, :
understand. ad

legislation will force more disabled people
to become ‘institutionalized, which has
already been proven -to be nore costly
than community-based care...

“Mr. Bennet says we don't understand.
I ‘wish he'd hurry: up and

‘Chabot's threats © to discipline civil

‘” Servants who skipped work to attend the

"At the rally, nurses’ and policemenn - :

social: workers. and prison guards locked

arms and, sang solidarity songs in an. ‘at
mosphere’ that: sometimes resembled. ay
folk festivaim There were political: skits 7

and thousands of placards bearing now-
‘familiar slogans such as-‘Human Rights

- hoch

Are ‘Not For: Saleg- ‘B.C, —- Canadas :

' Poland’ and. “Nuke Kaiser Billyn’ ‘a.

relerence fo: Bennett.

Seah Lage avec Toe

AR
" ‘the about 400 firemen and 1,000 bus drivets ~~.
who entered. the | stadium behind ine.

Premiers” examine. trade

TORONTO CP) = ‘The provinela:

premiers hammered ‘out a statement on .

' the economy’ at a private breakfast
- meeting that. went two hours overtime
today and emerged from it saying tittle
they had not said Wednesday. = -

. Manitoba Preniler Howard Pawley told
reporters the final communique from the
: provincial leaders’ annual conference
’ would contain Some new ideas but said ‘all

* that’ will be. rather. bland’” unless the

" federal and. provincial governments can

’ set aside their differences,

.The will to do that exists in Manitoba, he
saidn but he could not say-whether other
provinces ..": would be equally
accommodating, .: :

. SPawley aleosald he may. issue a ‘separate

~ statement on the economy jf the final draft
“ of the joint conminique does not make It .
~ elear an emphasis..on increased trade |
. should be secondary to an alldout

- government and. privatedsector attack on
‘ unemployment ‘;”; ‘
Saskatchewan: Premier Grant Devine «

meanwhile, continued to emphasize a need

’ fr jekanada to’ be. -more competitive In

- world markets ©
“To be competitive we have to be better .

trainedin we have to’ have i more research
and we have to have’ better education and
communications," | Devine said.

A new focus on increased trade as a key
to improvment of.the economy emerged

paper saying nearly half the country’s 1.5
million unemployed. would. have jobs if’ .
Canada could regain the share of world”
trade it had In 1970. ©

He agreed later ‘it might: not oe a
realistic goal —- Canada would have had to

conferences than any ‘of his. colleagues, .
‘said he came out of. Wednesday's bession me

rally came despite a B.C. Labor Relations
Board decision before the Victoria rally.
The . beard ruled “that union -members -
booking off for a:potitical Protest were not
engaging in a strike...

Meanwhile, officials. at ‘Riverview’

mpaatal hogpltal in-nearby Coquitlam: said |
d not know. if. sabotage to the.
"s laundry room was connected to -

the rally; The laundry's: manager

‘discovered early. Wednesday that someone. :
“had turned on fire hoses which Flooded the

was being investigated by: police. :

Hatfield, who has been at more. premiers

with a agense of “deja vu.”
“The people: know the economy ie in

° trouble,'” Hatfield sald,

“Of course. we Want to believe that it’s

; getting. better, but we. all know it isn't

getting better ona permanent ‘basis,”"

He said governments must keep working
at reducing economic irritants like the
“constant disputing hetween the provinces
and the. federal government. ad

There. was 3 only sporadic sniping at

- Ottawa during ‘the first half of the two-day

conference,.

thelr discussions i

Davis’: called for. a first ‘ministers’

“leanference c on the economy, .He said such:
oe Conferences should be held regularly and:

"The .

: Fally..
early to assist in the cleauup. The incident’ -

Ontario ‘Premier William _
- Davis, the conference chairmann said.
_, “fed'bishing” was at a minimum. when |
~ “the premiers went behind closed doors for. *

; ‘ point ‘seven’ kilometres ‘
: distant and the road leading’ jbattle. ‘Resistance by -the -
“east froma Point xd
‘Mlometres distant, he told

‘thetighiers jnsirohing band and marched

around the track. “A'great roar of applause’ ° '
» Went up.when one bus driver held his nine-,
| month-old. baby high: in the. air a8 he: moe,

. Federation of Labor,.said the size of- the oy
gathering Was: aclear’ message. that}. ~
government workers: “won't accept the’ oo
7. Jegislation ‘without.a fight..':° -

25 cents

. Established 1908 |

books have been: read,.

~“iubyan planesn tanks, ‘and
troops overwhelmed -
Chadian’ *

.) And. New Brunswick Premier Richard:

said it ‘might be forced to. -
‘retreat from - the « area :.

- outpost due to “the extreme...

He claimed. government:

_ insurgents’ in ‘parts of the ~

the’ prime minister has “nothing to fear”.

from @ meeting in the near future, even.

_ though'g federal election is coming up and.

_, the last-such. meeting, in Pebruary, 1962, »

was a disaster.

: PAWLEY, AGREES
Wednesday when Frank Miller, Ontario ©
industry and: ‘trade inini ter, presented a _ .

sell about one-third more than.the $84.5

. billion worth of exports It recorded last.
year to:match dts 1970 share a world

markets ©

“Just better is what I'm ate,” he told
reporters...

_ Nevertheless, the glimpse ofa way out of
the country’s , economic. mss had the.
premiers talking - briskly’ about tuture
possibilities mee

Quebec Premiet Rene Levesque’ called

“the discussion on international trade ‘the’

most stimulating meet ng on the economy

that I've seen in’ many years.” «
Prince Edward Islands James Lee said”

the presentation ‘really hit home’ and that’

There was: agreement from. some
prenilers,, : like “Manitoba's -

Howard:

.

Terrace ilbrarian. Linda Easton ‘stands beside a book tree. ;

constructed by the 164 member Summer Reading Club. Each leaf:

on the tree represents a book read by the young people. Over-1,500 — -

and while It was not a competition, It. Is. .
known that one youngster read over 200 books.
Friday the club:will hold a. celebration party: complete with |
‘entertainment and. the awarding of reading certificates. Each ‘° |.

. member of the. Summer. Reading ‘Club will recelve'a certificate: ” T

- looks at ‘$10,000

; “Herald Saat Writer i
_.TERRACE—The Riverboat Days committee is busy
evaluating this year's events, plarining for 1984, and trying
to flgure cut what to do with the $10,000 council gave them.

On Aug. 4, every organization involved met and gave a
report to the committee on the event: hosted,

had seeing tt and the lack of a public address system.

Mallett says the groupe hope -to have @ public address
system at evéry event next year.

contest for about two hours will be retvedied for: ‘the next
time. “

On Sept, 12 at 7:30'p.m. intl the Terrace Hotel, the groups
will come together again and ‘elect a new organization

out-how to run. an. election. and ‘what. -olficers are: really:
needed.

as prizes has to have its own committee to push thé tickets
earlier.
_ Mallett is somewhat confused over the $10, 000 grant given

don't know what the money will

aldermen for an office for the festivities, but is not certain it
~" ts really needed for that. .

“some new, blood” get involved to work with’ the

invites*any. interested person‘, ¢ come, to” the: Sept a2
meeling. we o oe

_At 10:30 a.m, —

Troops needed

a thews | conierencen but
“added - .
sn, view ‘of the extréme
defenders a “gravity of the situatlon; it
FayadLargeau in, northern cannot be ruled. oiit that our.
Chad’ in: a” ‘fierce - ‘six-hour _ forces may carry’ out a
battle’ today; dnformed ojtactical. withdrawal.” =
sources reportedm °° pReporters ‘have: been -

“The Chadian‘goyernment - “tharredt from the war’ ‘zone
‘and .there was no inependent,
“confirmation of the: military:
8 it. Wack isa’ nt
-FayadLargeaum _

Ata: news *. conference
Wednesdayn at atime when
_western sources seid’ all .
government: resistance in
‘Faya-Largeau had ceased,
Soumaila claimed that the
Libyandbacked ‘ onslaught
had been.'routed,”:- .
sHe declined to comment on
government losses. in the -
battle for the oasis and its-
7,000 elvili' ni inhabitants,

’ Western.military sources .
"gaid the rebels captured the

NDJAMENA - ZAP) —

surrounding » the northem: *.

gravity of the. situation.” ~
, Western military soureés
first reported .the fall of |
Faya-Largeau, and Chadian
Information Minister
Soumaila .Mahamat
acknowledged. the defeat.

forces. continued to resist
‘w60-squaredkilometre palm |.
grov surrounding the town.

s‘Our : forces ° control the,
Foad Jeading® west from a

2,500 troopsn roughly half |
. the’ armed forces. af ©

Crime increases.

oa Herald Staft Writer , .
“MTERRACE—There is “a disturbing trend’ Lr provincial .

* erime: figures, dcording to the-B.C. Police Commission.

* Pawleyni who said now “could be the best.”

’ time for everyone to demonstrate that they: .
. cari lift. themselves above thé ‘partisan
_ nature of a predelection period no

Alberta ‘Premier’ Peter Loughesd
temained wary. He taid he had doubts.
about holding ‘a federal-provinclal”
.Conference-—'under: ~-. the ~~ present:
atmosphere,” and wanted to talk’ with °

: other premiers before jolning Davia’s call,

i * hueadey. and asked, “Where are_all thes.

“ at His: .governinent: organized a
soothing agends that began with A pred-._-
“Gonfprence reception where: delegates

were: .
rerved ‘Ontarlo winen: smoked yo ots charges Inid in 1962, a 23.6 per cent rise over the
* pumbér’ iti 1991,

his. province had barely scratched the |

surface of its international trade poten:
tialm .

Thé provincial leaders had no: specific” "

suggestionsn althougt several painted to a:
ineed for better financing of export deala as
“a key to new and bigger sales. me,

“Davis has been playing the peacemaker.
ever dince’ he strode‘ ‘smilingly into the

‘media tdom at the ‘Conference. site

- perve-

salmon, and other delicacies, <
The: premiera broke “up ‘theif con-

‘sideration of the economy with a ferry ride

across Toronto ‘harbor -Wednesday for
lunch at “the extlimive Royal Canadian

*Yaeht ‘Club, They. spent Wednesday night

. listening . to’: Beethoven's - Joyous: Ninth

Symphony at the aliteering new Roy .
~ Dally Herald.

Thomson Hall.

’ While the increake fn overall crime in 1982 rose less than’
in 1981, in the arda.of seridua erime there are dramatic—
even shocking—increases.":

“ge Homicides increasedby 24.1 per cent in 1982 over.the 1961
a level,” Sexual offices; which, include rape and indecent |
~ absault, were up 15.2 per cent in 1982, ‘The total number of
- Tobberies rose 30, per cent while the number of robberies

committed with a firearm sky focketed from 485 to 874—a-

70 per cent increape, .

"The Clearance’ rate for crimes dropped almost a full

‘percentage point in 1982 over 1941.- The polite cleared 18.9

_ Ber cent of érimes in 1981, but only 17.9 per cent in 1982,

‘; The B.C. Police Commission‘ ‘says, “in startling contrast

- to thé inicrease in violetit, crime was the decrease in violent

. death and injury on the provinge’s streets and highways.”

-n4,Fatal accidents dropped 30.8 per cent ini 1982 from the
, previous year’s level. Accidents involving injury decreased -
‘ 26.4 per cent while those involving more than $400 damage '
declined 29.3 per cent. Thera wag anosedive of 28.7 per tent.
of total: traffic accidents. in #82,

‘The only increase in ttaftic statistics in 1982 appéars to be’
thet number of persons. charged by the Police. There were |

“the B.C. Police Commission says the drop in higtivay
injury probably is the result of several factors.

They cite: leg drinking in public places, , ‘more
enforcetnent; publicity abot impaired driving and. fewer ;
iniles travelled: due-to the sconoinic condition. °°"

‘The Terrace detachment of the RCMP promises local.
Dally Her enable for the Friday edition of the .

', 7 : hose

Libya ‘overwhelms Chad

- sources saidm
' “strangpolnt '

ale

* she sources said a. fulld:
‘stale . Libyan attack ° in-

down after a fierce sixdhowr _

“missilésn flown ‘to Faya-
‘Largeau last week to help
“beat ‘back Libyan air at-

" proved- ineffective in the

Bart of their arms, Nowe

said

Tegular troops and 3,000
- Chadian rebel] forces were

“have. scattered into the

‘Pentagon coricern about'S' pdieitle maripower shortage.
‘The current manoeuvres Involve -a ‘relatively. small

are of generally shart duration, with the exception of the
six-month series of exercises in Central America.

But they highlight a potential problem that U.S. military
leaders and experts have warned about publicly in recent.
months - America. doesn’t have enough troops to fulfil all its
commitments at once. Should greater numbers of troops be

President Hissene Habren -
ceased at midday today, the

However
id other .
troops

the sources

government .
,Tecaptured ‘the’
Of. Oum _
Chalouba, 20 - kilometres we
southeast of FayadLargeau,
froin’ rebel: forces loyal to

“former: president Goukoun! .
Oueddei, _ sto generate, a \.

Shortages.
told: réporters ‘at. the; Pentagon earlier. this: week that

“Tbuit probably applies now."
volving. . Soviet-built jet
bombers, heavy” ‘artillery
“and tanks was launched on
Faya-Laigeau, _- "$00
kilometres . north. of
N'Djamena, anartiy” after.
dawnm “ .
About.

leaders in recent months.. Defence Secretary Caspar
Weinberger, i in. arguing ‘for the Reagan administration’s

needed to fulfil all the country’s commitments abroad.
The U.S, is now taking part in three overseas exeretses, in

and defend U.S. AWACS surveillance planes. The big jets
‘were moved there to monitor the attempt of the U.S.-backed
Chadian government to repulse Libyan-supported rebels.

involved: in’. the Attackn
outnumbering. ‘the “ goven-
ment defenders iby: two-to-
one.

The. : - sources.” .’ said
American-supplied Redeye |

5,000: U.S. ground troops. began arriving. this week in
- Honduras for a series. a manoeuvres that may take up to
six months.

groups - two aircraft carriers and a battleship - and a total

Pentagon officials say is an effort to “send a message” to
potential enemies that the United States will support its

tacks, were withdrawn from friends such as Honduras.

the oasis and taken to ‘safe
government ~  — positioris way in South America, Six ships and 2,000 men are taking
“narther south because they

difficult conditions of the ' Ecuador, Peru, Uniguay and. Venezuela.

SIDE

. Chailian desertm

‘The, Redeye missiles were
parl. ‘of : the $26million
mergency military. - aid
package President Reagan
promised Habre to repel the
Libyandbacked offensivem
CHANGED HANDS

Faya-Largeaun - whieh |
controls all, the ‘desert
routes leading from the
Libyan border to- the
capital, N’Djarhenan- has .
changed hands” three times
din six weeksny

| Local, world-sports.

Comics, horopoone. Page 6

Classifieds. = pages 889.

This year’s. chairman for ‘all of. Riverboat Days, Dave

The leading truck that postponed the start of the belly flop .
committee, First, Mallett says, the groups have to. figure:
to the Riverboat Days organization by Terrace council, “t

Mallett will not run again for chairmati. He wants tos See |
experienced hands that guided this year’s celebrations. He fe

“traditionally, we've had arange of contingency needs that °
probably exceed the force capabilities that we've been able os

record $1.8-trillion Pentagon bulldup, says the money is_
addition to moving about 550 men to the Sudan to. operate:

In Central America, the first of what will eventually be -

of 19 ships to the. manoeuvres in what Wickham and other

pages 4868, |

It was taken by the -
Goukounl-led rebels at the
start of their lightning of-
fensive June 24, and
recaptured by government:
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This year’s Gliaiesnan 8 States the-inithry tlekete with trips .

WASHINGTON (CP) U.S. military activity in Latin |
| America and Africa’ is. drawitig attention to. America’s ~
widespread defence commitments and underlining a key.

_ number of America’s 2.1 million uniformed persomel and -

needed for a longer time, there would be manpower. ;
Gen. John Wickham, the-new, U.S. Army chief of staff,

Similar warnings have been sounded by other ‘military: --

Meanwhile, the US. Navy has ‘Goinette three ss oft

A separate, and long-planned, navy exercise also isunder -

part in a six-month geries of naval manoeuvres between _
U.S. ships’ and vessels-from Brazil, Chile, ‘Colombia,

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