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_-tookoff today froin Tebran’s alrpoet, apalionniati at “
the airport said. ,
. There was no immediate formal aimouncement

that the harrowing ordeal had ended after 14% _
- months,

The departure, reportad to be “shortly alier ee

am. EST, came after negations to wrap-up” :

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aan “pgieeneat exchanging the “hostages for.
' "randy ~assets frozen by the United States: ”--
The3,000-mile flight to Algiers would take sine to -

10 hours, and it was expécted the hostages would go

om toa US. ‘Air Force hospital in Wiesbaden, West. -
Germany. ve ;

There ‘were - reports fro Western’ sources
moni the hoetage situation in Ankara that

, Aight plans Bled by the Algerian alreraftincudesda

| jivling ‘stop ‘in Ankera or Damascus, Syria,
~ ‘Rome, or Athens.

; ’ Thereport on the hostages’ departure came in the
_ final bour of President Carter's term of office, He

"had tried to complete an agreement with’ Iran on 7

Monday, but as the hours slipped away, Carter was

” ‘deprived of a chance to greet the hostages before be
eft office.

. ‘Thus, the reported freedom far the Americans —

ream flight howe -

ot sues and two women — colucided with the end of a

the Carter presidency aa power was transferred to
Ronald Reagan at inauguration - ceremonies Lad
Washington. - -

“The hostages were seized Nov, 4, 1979 by young ‘

Moslem militants who stormed the U.S, Embasay in
Tehran. They said the hostages would be rejeased if

the United States handed over Shah. Mohammad, —

Reza Pahlavi,

Westend Food: Mart

‘Herald, .

‘weekend to watch the

Canucks play against
‘New York Rangers at
- the. Coliseum. ~~ He

winner;
‘Lauries,

publisher of the
Terrace Daily
(right)
draws the winning |
name from over 4,000 |". -
entries in the WIN-A-  *
TRIP contest. The -.
fucky person is Ron:
Brendi of 3414 Kalum
Street. He and
another person will
fly to Vancouver this

received both his
alrpiane and hockey
‘tickets Monday - at
Overwaitea, - where
the’ winning entry
_ form was deposited.

> From left to right Is
“Dave! ‘Hamilton,
/idvertising manager
of The Herald: Dale
~Lutktthy : , assistant
“manager “at “Over-
~walteas Ron Brendt,
and Tom
Sales
Manager for CP Air.

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CALGARY (CP) — A
bank's lawyer retracted his
earlier televised apology to
a man holding two bailifis
hostage, saying Monday be
“was prepared to say -

‘ podem wo secure their

ny McGown, acting .
for the Toronto Dominion
Bank in a mortgage
foreclosure, said police had
told him the guoman
“wanted:to hear that we
were bad.guys and that's
what we told him."

ve oom the

television for his conduct in
the foreclosure, which

‘and one charge of using a
.__firearm.in the commission...

“yoRTWO Via (PR

of an offence.
The hostad-)tking ended

release of hostage Mark |
Pollard, 32, from a $125,000
howe in portbeast Calgary
where be had been hed
since Tuesday morning.

Drabick was remanded
until Wednesday without
entering a plea, Defence
lawyer. Eldon ‘Woolliams

than two hours before ihe
court appearance’ and

- McGown ‘apologized co.

peacefully Sunday with ihe —

said he had been hired leas '

ory

INSIDE
THE HERALD.
There’s culture coming to R.E.M. Lee, Page
‘Women's centre looks for more activity,
eo * Bruins are back, Page 6.

eran the invisible killer; Page 16. © .
Classified ads, Pages 14 and 15.

3%

Comics, Page 10.
Horoscope, Page 10.

Crossword, Page 10.000 _

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‘

B.C. rail will appeal

' VANCOUVER (CP) —
The B.C. Railway is

Lake extension in northern
BC. In 1972.

Mr, Justice Ken Fawcus
awarded another $4 million
for loves of business. K. R.
M."a inital claim was for
$19 millon. —

H.C, Rail decides not to
appeal, or losea art appeal,
the sioney jikely will be

added to thé total cast of -

the Dedse project, sald
company spokesman Hugh
Armairong. Tha railway
carries

no - inauyance ©

The raitway has also
been ordered to pay costs.
K. R. M. and B.C. Rail
termiimated the contract by
mutual agreement in April,
1977,.when the government
halted work an the project
because of cost overruns.
The Dease Lake ex-
tensiosi, a planned 563-
Kilometre line oorth of
Prince George between
Leo Creek and Dease Lake,
was to have played a major
rae in the development of
northern B.C. resources.

client. ‘

A second bailiff, Bob
Redfern, 42, had been freed, ©
late Wednesday ‘after the
man was allowed to
broadcast a statement out-

battle with the Toronto
Dominion.

He blamed the
foreclosure on:a clerkal
error by the Toronto
Dominion.

On Friday, McGown and
Denis Linton, the assistant
manager of Toronto
Dominion's main Calgary
branch, apologized on
television. .

McGown said he followedl
the letter of the law
“without regard to the fact.
a miscarriage of justice
may have occurred,”

But on Monday, be said:
“No miscarriage of justice
has occurred in this matier
and a review of the facts
will show this.”

McGowa said police tld
him: “If I could really say

myself, they coud arrange

the release of one (of the

hostages). I said, give me ‘
10 minutes.”

Meanwhile the Toronto
Dominion sald in @
statement, Monday that
‘Linton's statement was
made user duress and
“solely in the interest of
securing the release of the

hostages.

“Tt has no other validity
or standing.”
But the bank did promise to
live up to its end of a den]

needed time to talk to his .

lining his three-year legal —

something bad sbout —

r

since the bostage-taker’s

television shop went out of

business three years ago,
agreed to a. partial pay-
ment immediately and will
defer the rest of the debt

intense. eight-hour

bargaining: séssion ‘that

finished hours before: -
-Pollard's release. Police.

had promised’ to’ grant

. immunity to Anne Drabick.
Mrs. Drabick was in the.
howe during the seige with _
the couple's three sons, all
“under the age of-12.~.  ~

- She was not in court §

VANDAL TRIAL . |

* SET MARCH 19

“je trial date for’ March 19 has been set for

three of the five persons charged with |
_ breaking into” the ‘Thornhill Community

Alan Korik, ‘Dwayne Kuril, and ‘Wayne ;
Glover. will come kefore the court ones

~ pl Sires broking ai ened,
wilful damage: :

"charges have also been laid against two
‘juveniles. .

The Thornhill Community Centre suftered
extensive damage on Dec. 18, 1960 after
vandals broke in. Toilets ripped out, lights
| Mhashed, and torn ceiling tiles were only part
__ of the damage done. :

Although the Regional District of Kitimat-
_Stikine has not received the final bill, it is
* expected to be between $15,000-20,000 °°
‘Tt is-believed the vandals broke into the
centre for candy bars, when they couldn't find
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New president —
takes office _

_ WASHINGTON (AP) —
Ronald Reagan was

“an era of national
renewal amid bells and
‘cannon, music and

pageantry that became a

celebration, too, for 52
Ameritan hostages re-
ported freed from Iren.
A Tehran airport
policeman

outgoing President Carter

gunaalute boomed out over

Bush bad taken the almost

ssid «=the

_ solution;

‘and our strength. Let us

renew our failh- and: our
hope. We have every right
to dream beroic: desams.’”.

Reagan's invocation to
bis new administration

began with a pledge to
confront and Handle “an:

economic affliction of the
worst proportions. We

“In this present, crisis,
government -js not. the
it: fs the
problem,” Reagat a“ a
line sounded during his
campaign in the quest that

won him the White House -

by a landslide last. Nev, 4.

Reagis said he warts to
curb the size and influence

se gerrenet an to

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