' meni Airport | ROME (Reuter) — The Eritrean Liberatlo _ Front (ELF) said today it . | has seized control of Asmara airport from defen Zing ¢ | ap airport is in the “The 8 in contro] of the ELF,” a spokesman for the guerrilla group in Rome said. “Flights have been capital of Ethiopia’s Red Sea ince of Eritrea. been supplied by a massive airlift which aiGist fore wwpen ace uD . orces 8 Wl thelr attacks, Road links ..t0 the coast and -central ‘Ethiopia have been cut for months, _ The ELF is one of two . Eritrean ‘movements which are independence for the former Italian colony, which was handed to Ethiopia by a United Nations resolution in REPULSES ATTACK The other group, the Eritrean People's Liberation . Front (EPLF), has also been besieging Asmara and reported Monday it had repulsed an Ethiopian . counter-attack Dee. 41. Meanwhile, the ELF an said the group’s forces have advanced almost two. miles from trench positions on the edge of ara near the For weeks, Asmara has been suffering acute shortages of food, fuel and water because of the siege. Electricity and yee supplies have been ted oO mill - stallations and? the hospital and only small quantities of food have "The “Bthiopiai’ “* garrison, estimated at more than 10,000 troops, -bas been regularly su plied with foal, arn aud ammunition the om by Trouble - in Spain BILBAO, Spain - (Reuter) — The Bagque Nationalist party (PN) Monday formally called _off pro-autonomy demonstrations planned for today, and a ue exile leader appealed for an end to bloodshed in the ion. ' e Christian Democratic PN and other cancelled demonstration plans after the Spanish cabinet’s weekend ap- roval of ‘provisional me rule for the Basque area, ; , The cabinet approoval came after deputies of Navarre province reluctanity agreed to join | an autonomous Basque , region subject to. a ay lerendum. ; ~ In a’ statement, the "PNY said the provisional :, autonomy measure was ‘only a. channel for the «, the struggle was not yet over, ‘4. But it added: “It .. Fepresents an important ‘- gtep in the rpocess of . recovering our liberties.” 7 JOINS PN “The .Socialists, who "with the PNV won the "> most votes in the Basque “gsrea - in Boain's riiamentaty ‘election fast June, also called off ’, the demonstrations. * Tn Paris’ méanwhile, : the’ president of the #. Basque exile govern- z " Jesus ‘Maria de -, Leizaola, issued a call for an end to bloodshed. “The first objective... is ‘that Basques must - suspend all form of bloody struggle and allow the efforts of so many years to bear fruit,” he ” gadd in an interview. secessionist _ Winter is carnival time da. From Atlantic Pacific, Canadians ir amall towns and large cities stage winter car- ites spel the winter ‘In. Dartmouth, capital, Halifax, residents and visitors take partin a somewhat Sifferent, winter, carnival. --ifhe Dartmough. Winter Carnival, whi held Feb, 2-11, 1978, is the oldest of its size east of Quebec. A pageant and the crowning of Carnival Queen will mark ning of the 12th There will be lots to see j i pgluding a luvenive hockey ‘our: contest in which five- nament, archery con- tests, swimming. member teams petition, ice sculptures, and a gun show. entertainment, anizers have planned: owball Dance, and a Hoedown on Ice, where the dancing takes place on an ice surface, but without the benefit of skates. . . * Everyone will enjoy the remote control planes show at one of the lakes in Basque parties also th entered the city from _ e Bytes Muarert atbeaers ak the province of ck the pages of histor to cel a : Souvenir -Feb. 9-19. Aimed at breaking the winter, ‘the Carnaval - Sourvenir each - year draws. nearly 30,000 le to such events as where men, .carryin loads ins Vy backs, cover a five-mile , only a. course within the -city transfer of powers from limits. ’ ; + the Madrid government -- the Basques, and that. City residents dress in period costumes, and join visitors at a public auction on the main sstreet or attend the Old Nags Race which brings - horses out of retirement for one more race, - A public market -sells amet cooking aver ap cretons (cracklings), | . ‘ofsnowshoers in brightly- Crticial confirmation of kick up tons of snow in that shift, - His peried here has‘ coincided with what is growing contests, ice regarded officially as an. im Sculpture contests, and U.S. relations. Enders has become Known as a ‘Canadian voyageurs wh beans, and bread, not to -mention pork quarter an rabbit and dripping. In local restaurants, waiters and waitresses, dressed - in costumes, serve the kind of meals. city residents may hav e eaten 100 B Fireworks ove over the Saguenay River and bonfires along the shore addcolorand excitement to the celebrations. capital, Quebec City, Canadians from coast-to-coast celebrate winter with, ‘carnivals. Bonhomme Carnaval, the walking, talking photo.) snowman fz a familiar symbol of the Quebec Car- in Canada Bonhomme Camaval can try their hand at the reigns over the Quebec Casino held at the Win- nipeg Convention Centre. : rs ill enjoy wres and a Winter Golf Tournament. Carnaval Feb, 2-12. ’ Focal point for the Carnaval is the Ice Palace. Major events include a Pee Wee Hockey Tournament, Treats of the city. - “Ins Otitario's Muskoka. district, the ‘Muskoka be Winter Carnival keeps things hopping in tows of PiGravenhurst, Bracebridge, and Hunt- ville, about 169 ma t kilometres (100 miles) Mardi Gras of Winter, a Varying mayhem”, the . Gras is one of the few ush a Dlacesin Canada where ‘ou can take in a game of . north of Toronto. _ There are lots of ex- citing outdoor events, such as the Run-a-Bed single bedf or a distance of .6 kilometres (half a mile): There's also a mid- winter golf game, with tennis balls substituted for golf balls. For those with culinary talents, there’s a tea_ boiling: contest, in which par- ticipants, using only one match each, try to get a gire geiz¢ in order to boil Snow asmall pot of water. | Also in the culinary ‘field, there's a spaghetti eating contest for lovers of pasta, the effects of which can be worked off” during the cross-country ski race. There are also broomball, hockey and howling | tournaments, and for the really brave , a polar bear dip. - In 1978, Manitoba's Interest is Festival du Voyageur wil] move to a new site at Jimmy Carter will name to replace Ambassador En ; River from downtown ‘scheduled to be moving. ’. on within a year, - Whittier Park in &t Boniface, across the Red Winnipeg. Held Feb. 12-19, this winter carnival honors ‘diplomat, two years here o next month and his wife has told friends that their posting will end in a year, a normal term. the early - Freneh- contributed so much to the 9 up of the Canadian west. = A highlight of the festivities is the St. Boniface § Snowshoe, Classic where hundreds their efforts to win. ! There are also beard-. moecasin dances. Lets - of French- Canadian pea soup and tourtieres (meat ples) Compe! help fill empty tummies afterwards, - Fireworks — an a Voyageur Torchlight Farade provide ex: citement for young and old alike, while gamblers Fecently by Agriculture ie a ee . A ‘ re ee ban, Soar ee, Hae Mek Te Poms, Caer tie i ORCL ne wR Rens WOON Pn, “Numer en Pe cher re = arn Bay Seg naval. (Canadian yee net canvas canoe races through the ‘arges er Camivi Scotia, next door to the ice .of the St. Latrence in western Canada, al- River, and two nighttime ‘racting ades through the Visitors each year. - Some parts of British * Columbia ™ get’ so" little * snow théy ‘tdald “ha da winter carnival, But in Prince George, in the northern interior of Tovince, mid-winter event where two 0 teams are arm laying sticks which have described -as 12- ", They then - pursue asmall and down a ‘Other events at Prince George include ling, Snow-Golf, and the World nmship Chow, ting Contest. There’s also an ice lace, a moccasin street mee, and ski events. New ambassador | for US. bassador but there is no tent diplomat w have ruffled some feathers with his views but who generally. is the bilateral relationship. Winter is Carnaval time ISSUE ID CARDS MONTREAL (CP) — Environment Minister Marcel Leger says special voter identity cards should be issued ta Quebecers. Speaking on radio station AD during the weekend, Leger said use of identit cards, with a Photograp, and address of the holder, would eliminate illegal voting. He gaid he recommended to the ref- erendum committee that the cards be issued: for voting purposes only. SYRIANS DEMON: STRATE - DAMASCUS (AP) — More than 300,000 Syrians demonstrated Tuesday in ‘the city of Homs, chan- ting antl-Egyptian and ant-Americas slogans to otest Egyptian ident Anwar Sadat’s peace moves toward ael, Syrian state radio reported. The protest in ’ the: central Syri an city came as U.S. President Carter arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks -on. the Sadat initiative and. ef- forts to get other Arab states involved in the. . peace drive. - PROMOTE ECONOMIST OTTAWA (CP) — Kevin Collins of Ottawa has been named senior economist in the legisla- tim = and = ressarch department of the introd ' Congress, it was an- - Ih Whitehorse, Yukon; during the last week of February, the Sourdough fed Rendezvous. is just what the doctor. ordered to combat eabin fever. The Keystone . Kops “patrol the | territorial capital. arresting - Slow es esi or Women ow isp a garter , Of ‘the a ate Paes! costum re the a es insean costume. | For entertainment, tire Sourdough dancing girls perform the Can-Can, people working in town essing in While contestants vie. to- ‘see who can: carry. the heaviest load in the flour- packing contest...” There is dog sled Tacing, snowshoe racing, a tug-of-war, ‘and: log- sawing contests. - Arts) and ss crafis. displays and talent shows contribute to the at- mosphere of gold rush hese are just afew of the many: winter car- nivals which take place. each year in Canada. ghey e in size from Quebec Winter Carnaval, . to university camivals in each province, to small rural et-togethers | designed ign infect locals’ and visitors with gaiety and the joyful spirit of a winter, = - Minister Eugene Whelan for sugges g Canada support the U.S, .position of freer trade in the forth- coming tarifé revision negotiations , Geneva.. me Ministie ‘Trudeau ently aid: Whe- Jan is free to qiticize and. Enders free peak out as-he feels Interest in a successor hasbeen increased by the . assumption that the -"Trudeau-Carter con- nection is an im- royement on some: past - p-level . relationships - between.. Ottawa and’ Washington. TREASURE ‘AUC- TIONED : LONDON (CP) — Just under half a ton pf silver and silvergilt frofj one of the world's moaf, fabled fortunes will be auctioned Dec. 15, It is the. 1,-800- plece dinner service of e¢ Maharajah of Patiala ‘who died in 1998. He lived in a pink lace a knee a ong, em- oyed 3,500 servants, ran 27 Rolls-Royces and $3 other cars and owned 500 horses. oe ge, one gets. into the: act, with: most of the nounced Tuelsday. Col- lins was -director of the income security program - of the Canadian Council on Social Development for the last two years and an economist for ‘the eral government from "1970 to 1974,—C KEEP. CROWN— DOLE - ee WASHINGTON (AP) —- ublican Senator .Bob e of Kansas has asked the United | States - Dole’s or {was referred to Justice Byron White. The crown . was given to Duke Stepheh-of ungary in about 1000 A.D. by Pope Sylvester II and to the U.S. at the end of the Second World War. HAS SOUR GRAPES ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) a United Growers ind ippers Associa in . says U.S. know-how oo om THE HERALD, Wednesday. January 4, 1978, PAGE 7 Briefly-in the news already has been used to erode the U.5. export orange juice market and a plan by PepsiCo Inc. to row citrua cropa in Eaypt would hurt even more. The anization million joint venture to cultivate 24,299 acres ‘along Egypt’s Salhiya cx ca ¥ ’ RELIGIOUS GROWTH NEW YORK (AP) ~— The United Church of Christ had cumulative dollar in its multimillion dollar investment port- folio, a recent church report shows. The United which handles __ in- vestments fer tne church, aaid its common in- vestment fund had a 41,9- return, during the period. U.S. COSTS RISE NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. consumers face higher ‘oc al start 1978 because of ‘December price — in- creases of staples such as sugar, eggs and’ frozen orange juice. The Associ- ated Press marketbasket survey showed the prices of 14 commonly pur- chased food and non-food items ros¢ an average of 2.3 per cent last month. PLAN OIL PRICE CUT NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Libya and Algeria plan to reduce the price of crude oil by 20 cents a barrel, the Middle East Economie Survey oil review said Tuesday. Libya’s proposed reductions would mean 4 tice range of $13.28 to 14.05 a barrel for the country’s various grades of crude, Algeria's prices for ita two grades of crude would be $14.20 and $14.25 a barrel, GETS CONCESSION NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Resorts In- ternational Inc. has been . awarded a 10-year con- cession to operate a government-owned casino in Freeport, the Bahamas Information Service said. Resorts ‘International will pay Bahamas Hotel Corp. a fee of $2 million a year ; New loan plan MONTREAL (CP) — The Bank of Montreal announced: .teday the n for medium-sized nadian business with a repayment limit of up to and re en at ony - time Pethout ty. . The new plan - offers financing of between $200,000 and $1 -million and is designed for com- panies considering plant and office expansion, acquisitions, -re-. structuring ‘of capital debt, equity investment, equipment: purchoes, a ent es, a bank statentent said, R. M. Forester, commercial is a company. which would ‘require financing of bebvecn H $200,000 and $1 million.. . - Forester said the bank would © require company to put up- as collateral the assets. acquired, whether - it involves a plant ex- t Gr the shares of 2 newly uired : rs also. ‘aaa the ‘loan can be amortized in fixed payments, _ subject to uction of a new loan | interest changes, enabling the company to escape the burden of higher interest payments at the beginning of the loan repayment period. The highest interest payments in an ordinary gan . occur at the beginning of the term because interest is calculated on the de- clining balance of the cipal, Forester said the bank did not “really know” what the market for the new loan plan would be, but its current loan plan for small business has had steady growth since its introduction in 1976. The plan has a repayment limit. of 10 ears for loans.-up to MOD. pee eee est Ghislain Dufour, director of the Conseil du Fatronat du Quebec, a federation of 126 employ ers' associations and 250 corporate members, said the Bank of Monireal’s plan was a “praiseworthy tiative,” Dufour said the Conseil has always encouraged banks to finance small- and medium-sized en- ses so the com- ies would not have to _to government financing. Falcon honored on stamp ’ For the first time ever recorded, a peregrine faleon raised in. captivity and released in 1975 mated in the wild and produced ‘young — this year, Environment : Minister Len Marchand, — in congratulating the Canadian Wildlife Ser- vice (CWS) for this achievement, sald, “This historic first provides at the peregrine falcon, the fastest of all birds, can be rein: troduced throughout its former range in Canada. “Canada Post will issue. Canadians that two of three subspecies of. r e falcon found in inp are declining and one of these, the anatum — race, is still in danger of extinction.” . operated | b S at ainwright, Alta., in’ co- ° ation with Alberta th and Wildlife, and the, artment of National ence, To date, falcons bred in captivity have been released in Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec — parts of their former range. There are three sub- species of peregrine falcon in Canada: pealel, tundrius, and anatum. ’ Pealei is. relatively common along Pacific coast arid does not Migrate extensively. ~ Tundrius is adapted to breeding in areas north of the treeline. A com- ‘parison of 1970 and 1975 Surv of known - breeding areas indicates that ‘populations ;have declined by 60 per cent. The tundrius ‘race migrates to Central and South America where nga ochlarin dsides organ @ pesticides are still: used. The ac- cumulation of residues of these pesticides con- tributes to - aberrant behaviour. and g failure, and thus the e of populations. Anatum 18. we suU- See rea nental. North continental. America as far north as the treeline. Since the 1950s, because of the widespread use of pesticides and human encroachment, the range in which these birds survive and breed has been shrinking. A. remnant” anatum wation is now found y in the western mountains and in the boreal forest of the Yulon and the Northwest Territories. A breeding stock collected in 1970 to save this subspecies from extinction was gathered . from this remnant, as ‘well as a now extinct southern Alberta - population. _- Following the phasing out of DDT use in Nort America, the anatums now have a chance to make a comeback, SWAPS MAY EX- PAN ROCHESTER, . N.Y. (AP) — The prisoner swap between the United slates ‘and “Mexico may Barbara Watson, an as- sistant secretary of state, said the countries are sensitive ahout the bad publicity they receive when congressmen and familles of ', prisoners complain aboyt poor treatmeyit' and‘, harsh ‘sentences for di of- fenses, | at: