-TERRACE—KITEMAT- Thei area’ ceams, to have made a. collective New Year's resolution’ fo drive’ safely, There ls no Terrace RCMP preas release for either ‘New ; Year's Eve or Jan; 1 indicating tio serious road accidents, Kitimat RCMP state ‘hat the partying New Year’s Eve was actually one of their qleter a ‘nights. ' ‘That did not contihve Jan. 1 for Kitimat, There was one serious two vehicle accident on Caulder Extension resulting. ’ in one-drivef belng-sent to Kitimat. General with.a broken ° » rm and the driver of the other vehicle being charged with- ” driving too fast for ‘road ‘conditions: . The road conditions were ‘terrible beginning New, Year's. a Eve and continuing on to ‘the ‘Next ‘day, » ‘Fréezing :rain * Ffectly smooth sheets of-ice “~ even _for a turning roads and atreets into pert and muking. driving: ‘next to" “impossible, . Professionals. The Dally Herald hes leartied: that theré were 18 taxis operating in Terracson New Yeat'aEve. Atleast for part : of the time. Most, if not all, ended upin the ditch for various: lengths of time. ‘daring: the’ evening. | There ‘is. algo an unconfirmed report that there were:s0 many cabs off the © ‘into-service for the cab’ _ Ford that a -bus was presged -- company, butit too ended up ditched atiortly thereafter. ' . There was no serious damage to any of the vehicles, . oR Burvey by The Canedlan Press from 6 pit. si, Bridiy to: midnight Monday night showed V7 died in, traftic. aera ciated head-on into a car oceusled. by Elaie “oe ‘Kurwood/' 7, of Montreal, who also was. ‘killed. Another Quebec outing resulted ‘in ‘tragedy, x when ‘a 22-year-old woman was “asphyxiated after being buried under two metres of snow while sledding: at Her- bertville‘in the Saguenay-Lac-StJean area: : Lise Allard, 22, of Roberval, Que., and two companions, a - 13- ‘year-old boy and a epearcld: girl, were about ‘to fo. Even with waits for cabs extending beyond three houra in. “a some cases, Terrace residents stili refused.to drive home ~ . ..; after thelr parties. A:good. resolution. that undoubtedly. saved many lives and prevent countless injuries, = ~ The communities tisanks should go. to the cab and bus drivers wha were on duly during-that tire while the rest of . us were welcoming ini 1904. From 7 p.m. until 3:50 a.m. New Year's Eve buses were free in Terrace, In Kitimat, Alcan _ - sponsored free bus rides from 7 p.m, until § a.m. and free . taxi rides for employees from 6 p.m, untilé a.m. The free bus rides in Terrace were well received with about 80 perople taking advantage of them, ‘most beginning at 2 a.m, A local pub owner who held 4 special New Year's Eve ' bash says from his point of view it was a great evening. His large room was filled to the legal limit of over 200, customers and there was not even one single argument that developed during the entire evening, . Meanwhile, Canadian Press reports other tavern owners ' were not so pleased, _ -Although a police: crackdown on drinking drivers over the Christmas and New Year's holidays was blamed by a few tavern ownera Monday for a reduction in business, the general consensus was the campaign had: little effect on alcohol sales...” -An informal survey by The Canadian Press found many tavern owners reporting business as usual. Customers may ~ have been taking mere taxis, but the New Years! partying . wasn’t inhibited, An employee at. the Jury Room, one gof the most populaz watering holes in Halifax, said the crackdown hadi ho effect _ on busineas;* : ‘The: ‘dlepatcher at Yellow. Cab in Halifax aid thes season: was exceptionally, busy, adding-it was hard to tell if: the extra customers were tite to the: crackdown, a Employees at ‘two Oltawa-area hotels sald they hadn't even heard of.the crackdown, while. others said "2 chet bad no. effect on alcohol sales,” bys “"flaw] Zayadl, general mange -0 “df one "ottawa Inn, said he didn’t notice any. more people. choosing wine over hard liquor’.thig year.. But Peter Dongus, manager : Of the Morrissey Tavern In Toronto, paid New | Year’s. Eve business whs ‘down 40 per cent, > , “My customers hadonet ortwo drinks and away they went — you cauld see them ‘walking out sober,” he sald, - OF three b popular drinking spots in Winnipeg; business was a0 fae mt for ont;:down for another and steady for the third. Marion'Large, spokesman for Chateau Lacombe Hotet in “Eddmiipniton said: “Wedid a good business during the holiday. . season.” - John Hoffard, an employes at the pub at the Mr. Sport Hote] in Burnaby, B.C, outside Vancouver, aid patrons were drinking just ag much: as ever... "I worked all over the holidays and busiiess WEB good, ‘ the place was filled most of the time,” he sald; “But when I left work every night, there were a lot more care: tell inthe parking lot.” And in Vancouver, Police arrests for impaired driving ; the result of more vigilant enforcement by ~ officers, said: “Supt. Stan Zila, «| Heébaid 125 people were charged with impaired driving in the four-week period ending Sunday, compared with 46 the year before.’ -". Ziola said: one reason for the increase is that police had two roadblocks this year and stopped 40, 000 drivers — twice: “ as Many as last year. However, police spot checks andaaturation advertising i in. the media against. drinking and driving reduced arrests in several cities. “It’s a lot less this year because of publicity and because . people are more prudent,”’ sald.Const. Jean Paul Cloutier | in Montreal. Tn Toronto, out of 4,000 drivers stopped during’ the New Year's weekend, only four were charged wilh alcohol- related offences. -_. “The message has finally arcived that drunk’ driving is ‘not acceptable,” said. Insp. John - Duncan of the Metropolitan Toronto Police. .. c While the Terrace-Kitimat area was a ‘pate one over the holiday weekend, Canadian Presa reports other area of the country were. ‘not so lucky. Two elderly Quebec women and two young s people killed ’ Monday when their cars collided head-on were among at _ least 21 people who died aceldentally a across Canada a during the New Year's holiday weekend.. Sports Comics - Classifieds | _nows 849 f WHY BUY. NEW? oa WHEN USEBWILL DO! 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Killed were Clovis Lehrecque, 82, his wife, Ludivine, and daughter, 4 -. 25 cents: : allding down a stall ‘hill when ine snow. peak they were _ ‘Altard was buried completely, while the boy managed to - free himself and helped sther members: of the faraily to '. Established 1908 The coaches and captains of the Terrace All ‘Seasons pup reps hang onto the trophies the team won by taking the Terrace Minor Hockey - Assoclation’s annual Christmas pee wee pup : tournament at: the ‘Terrace. arena Friday | afternoon. . The Alt. Seasons, team defeated ; Prince Rupert’s pup: reps 5- -3 in the final game. Pictured above aré coaches Doug Ewart and Bert Marleay (left:to right, back row), and Dennis Bannister, Jared Ewart and Davey Jones (lett to right, front row). Patricia. ‘The driver of the other car sulfored miner. in- > juries, In eastern Ontario, i -year-old Douglas Norman, ‘of =: Eldorado, died of exposure after ihe snowmobile be. was riding home after a New’ Year's Eve party broke down. . a -Kevin Kelly, 24, of Ottawa, who was to have begin @ new job today, froze to death'‘after a New Year's 8 Eve party: His ‘body was discovered Sunday afternoon. :. New Brunswick had one traffic death, | tie only accidental * fatality reported in the Adantic provinces... One traffic death was reported in Manitoba, and none in . ‘Saskatchewan or Alberta, British Columbia -had two traffic deaths; both in an ace cident Saturday night near Kamloops, The survey does not include known suicides, , slang or industrial accidents. Volume 78 78No.1 . Nigeria repays $2 million debt LONDON (AP) — Nigeria repaid today the first ine a stalment of a $2-billion debt to western banks, while: Lagos ae radio reported the first trouble since the New Year's Eve’... : military coup in Africa’s most populous country — the La looting and burning of a major market. The radio, monitored in London, said: the ruling council _ headed hy Maj..Gen. Mohammed Buhari met ioday, its. " firat session since the elected Shagari government was ’ gverthrown Saturday. - ae - Barclays Bank International in London said Nigeria. had ‘made the first repayment on trade: debts refinanced. ‘by “commercial banks during 1983. The payments, due today; ‘were believed to amount to about. $60 million, - banking sourees said.-- But the sources suggested that the payment was probably: authorized several days ago by ‘the ousted Shagari ad- | ministration. The loans were. negotiated last year . __ refinance trade debts éstimated. at between a billion and 5 ; billion. . ' In Nigeria, a dusi-to-dawn curfew ‘remained ia force for ae aoe Res the 100 million inhabitants. Communi ni weré cutoff — “3 i dtravel. hart 10 foréignets, including: The semi-officlal Nigeria news agency, ented by Lagos: : radio, reported a-new: market in Benin City: wag rared - Sunday after “widescale looting: ” VALUE ‘COLOSSAL’ ; Fira Chief Humphrey Longe told the agency the value of food, material, jewetry, cosmetics and electronic © goods lest Was “eoliseal.” And in Makurdi in south-central Nigeria, the news agency said shop owner's and food sellers closed the main market because of looting and demands for lower food prices: All . . other major supermarkets in Makurdi also closed, the news agency. said. Buhari, 41, who has pledged to stamp out cobruption, warned at a meeting with top civil servants Monday that anyone misusing goverriment.-résources ‘or putting government properly to private use would be jailed, the radio said. ~ ‘The new leader said his administration vill not condone : the “nonsenses of litigation” in ‘dealing with culprits, the radio added, After. the Lagos Daily. Times. urged the new ade ministration to “track down all the looters of the economy” and provide food at reasonable prices, soldiers toured - market areas ordering vendors to lower prices. The agency said in the central city of Jos; “prices seem to have tumbled,” with rice and semollna slashed to one-third their cost before the New Year's Eve coup. There was no word on deposed President Shehu Shagari, 48, after an unconfirmed report Sunday of hig arrest in the new federal’ capital territory.of Abuja, 375 Mlometres northeast of Lagos, the principal city and port; —_- Buhari accused Shagari of responsibility for the country's “grave economic predicament which an inept and corrupt leadership has imposed on our beloved nation for the’ past four years.” - "Goodman leaves Syria after his release BEIRUT {AP) -- —- Divebombing tocaal waiplines struck at Palestinian guerrilla bases in ‘the ‘Syrlani-controlled | Lebanese central mountains today. The’ teraeli command | said the jets scored ‘accurate hits." a Meanwhile in Damascus, Syrian officials ivéed U: S.Navy - candidate for the U.S. presidency. _ A-Syrian official statement ‘sald Goodman's releade was | ~ intended 4 encourhge a withdrawal of US, forves in. Lebanon. Goodinan was captured ‘when his attack jet was shot down while ralding: Syrlanhetd Positions, in central | Lebanon on Dee, 4; , An Israeli military communique said its jets truck: at positiens occupled by forces of guerrilla chief.Col. Seed . . Mousa, @ leader of the‘revolt against Yasser”. ‘Arafat, ~ . chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization: : ‘The Tel Aviv communique said the planes returned sately after attacking target in Bhamdoun, located in Syrian. controlled territory on the Beirut-Damascus Highway, _ ‘Today's air strikes follow-a recent escalation of guierrills attacks against laraeti treops in southern Lebahon..Last ' — month, Israél launched four ‘air’ attacks aganat’ guerrilla “ targets in Syrian-controlled sectors of Lebanon. * The Voice of Lebanon, a Beir iit radio station controlled by the rightist Christian Phalange party, said four Israeli Kfirs backed by eight fighters staged bombing and sitafing ‘Ying that set #everal targets ablaze, including a Bhamdoun . hotel used as headquarters of the Palestinian guerrillas and an ammunition dump- had att ae Ap able he +b. wares But @ spokesman for the ‘Druse Progressive Socialist party, whose forces control midst towns in the céntral mountains, denied the five-storey Shepherd Hotel. was hit. , He algo denied radio reports that the hotel had become a ' headquarters for Mousa since the Israeli army withdrew _ airman’ Robert Goodman after a month’s ‘captivity ih { from central Lebanon on-Sept. 4. response to an ‘appeal ‘by Jesse: Jackson, Democratic : “The -apokesman, who declined to be identified, said the * hotel was serving as a Druse hospital. He said the Israeli + Jets hit at Palestinian bases around, but not in, Bhamdown. in Beirut, a gunman shot a French Embassy driver as he sat in a car cutside the French consul’s home. today. - An embassy secretary sald the gunman used a pistol equipped with a silencer in the attack in the seafront Ein ‘ Mrels#eh neighborhood. The-secretary, who declined to be . named, identified the driver as Raymond Henry Vautier and sald he was undergoing enviergency surgery ina Beirut . hospital.” ‘ ‘ -Lebanon’s state radio aaid the driver was waiting to drive ec Edouard de Blanpré. to Lebanon’ 8 northern. port of 1 Tripol ‘ Stite-run Beirut radia. said three bombs went off in rapid succession’ at dawn today, devastating a supermarket, a “grocery and a clini¢ in-separate neighborhoods in Sidon, "provincial: ‘capital of southern Lebanon, One Lebanese woman was injured, the. fadlo said, in ‘Tunis, Arafat's ‘Fatah guerrilla faction ended a Central” Committee’ meeting Monday and an. Omant newspaper reported that ‘Afarat was ‘In danger of ‘being ousted as PLO chairman. . ss Ast Hardline opponents of Arafat have led a revolt in the PLO and Fatah, the largest of the PLO’s factions. Arafat and 4,000 loyalists were evacuated from Tripoli, Lebanon, on Dec. 20after they had been besieged by Syrian- backed PLO rebels. He gaid last week he hoped to heal the divisions during the _ emergency meeting, The agenda included a discussion of Arafat’s con- troversial meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak after the exodus from Lebanon. Egypt has been condemned by most Arab countries for signing a peace treaty wilh Israel in 1979. ° ‘ The Oman-based newspaper Al-Khalee| reported today that Fateh leaders agreed on a. statement criticizing Arafat's trip to Egypt, rejecting U.S. President Reagan's Mideast peace plan and tealfirming a commitment to: collective leadership. Mt sald Arafat will be given the choice of signing the . document or resigning as head of Fatah. : The proposals put forward by Reagan in September 1962 include 4 call for Palestinian self-government on the Israelicccupied West Bank of the Jordan River and Gua. Strip in association with Jordan, F TO PULL GUT ‘Also Monday, France sald it will pull 482 of its 2,000 soldiers out of Beirut later this month and send therm back me to the UN force in southern Lebaron. A communique issued in Parts sald the action "does not | - modify the mission of the multiational force in Betrut, in ” particular, the French continent of this force." ° orks ee ee a ie ae . -