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U.S. upgrades warplane sales |

WASHINGTON (Reuter) — The United States may :
scrap its unsuccessful policy of trying to sell specially
built, Jess advanced warplanes to Third World allies and
offer them first-line fighters instead, Pentagon officials
say.

Singapore is the only country that has agreed so far to
buy either the Northrop F-20 or the General Dynamics F-
16-79. The two models were developed under former
president Jimmy Carter for export to friendly countries in
areas where Washington did not want to introduce the
moat sophisticated U.S. armaments.

Other countries in the market for new fighters have
preferred the more advanced models being flown by the
U.S. military, such as the F-15, F-16 and F-18."

Officials said a review being conducted by the State and
Defence departments would include such a change for
China, which they conceded might feel insecure if it is
surrounded by anticommunist countries such as South
Korea and Thailand armed with F-16s, one of the world's
most advanced planes and the air force's chief fighter.

The effort to sell: Third World allies a less advanced
plane — called FX for “fighter export” — was intended
not only to control the spread of modern fighters but also
to provide these countriés with an aircraft that was
cheaper and easier to maintain.

The program was continued by the Reagan ad-
ministration after it took office in 1981, ;

In anticipation of foreign sales, Northrop Corp; took the
unusual step of developing an export fighter on its own,
with no Pentagop financing or guaranteed sales,

The plane It developed at a cost of some $300 million was
the F-5g, an improved version of {ts F-5, which it had sold
widely overseas. .

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_ Northrop now calls this plane the F-20. . ;

General Dynamics developed the £-16-79, patterned
after its F-16a belng purchased by the U.S, Air Force but
mitted with less advanced electronics and a less powerful
engine.

“But only. Singapore has agreed to buy the. General
Dynamics plane and Northrop has yet to Sell the F-20.

Several Third World countries have rejected both
planes and the prospects of the aircraft do not seem
bright, defence officials admitted.

Richard Armitage, assistant secretary of defence for
international security affairs, told the U.S. Congress that
Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines had expressed a
preference for the F-16a over the FX.

He told two Senate subcommittees these countries

_ wanted the: more advanced plane heeaube of ‘what they

saw i as an increased Soviet and Vietnamese threat in the
region.

Other officials sald another reagon for thie: preferened
was a reluctance to buy what the Countries saw as a
“second-rate'’ plane built by U. &. firms but. not bought or
flown by the U,S, military,

The Pentagon had also hoped to sell’ FXs° to- Turkey,
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Malaysia, ‘Bahrain: and
Oman as well as some Latin American countries.

But those who bought new U.S. fighters chose the firat-
line F-15,.F-16 or F-18, defence officials said. .

Armitage said FX gales would strengthen the US..
aircraft industry by bringing Northrop into the building of .
fighters and increasing the production capacity of
General Dynamics. Lot a,

French merchants angry —

PARIS (Reuter) — They have blown up the rallways
between France and Spain. They have clashed with police
in violent demonstrations.

But they are not Basque guerrillas seeking in-
dependence, or subyersives or left-wing militants — they
are France's praducers of table wine, venting their anger
at the European Economic Community's decision to stop
aid for wine storage and to change rules governing the
distillation of surpluses into pure alcohol. oo

The 750,000: producers, already squeezed by tough
competition in Europe, say their livelihoods now are

- threatened by changes to the EEC’s complex system of

subsidies,

The situation is becoming very, very serious,” says

Georges Vabre, director-general of France’s, ‘largest

winegrowers’ union,
French table wine, produced niostly in the poorer south
of the country, has been hit hard by cheap imports from
ys

LED TO PROTESTS ‘

The European Commission’s proposals on distillation

and the planned entry into the Community of wine-
producing Spain and Partugal have also helped provoke
the recent violent protests.
- Vabre’s Confederation des associations viticoles de
France has no plans for more demonstrations like the one
by 8,000 winegrowers that it led in the south-eastern city of
Nimes, ending in clashes with police. But he says sporadic
protests by local producer groups cannot be ruled out,

There is no shortage of customers for France’ 8 top- |
quality wines from well-known vineyards, but three-
fourths of all wines produced in the Economic Community
are low-priced table wines of which consumption is
falling.

‘The 10 Community agriculture ministers decided to
separate the wine sector from other agricultural issues
this spring when they put together a package of farm
price rises for 1984-85.

“It is not possible to seriously negotiate the entry of

_ Spain and Portugal into the Community without a revision

(of the wine sector), especially of the distillation
mechanisms," ‘said French Farm Minister Michel
Rocard.

END STORAGE AID

The ministers decided ‘to end the EEC’s three-month
storage subsidies starting September, the beginning of the
next Since although they will allow France and Htaly:
to pay theald themselves.

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‘ Vabre says that even if the governments pay tne sup- :

sidies, it will be only for this year and no one knows What
would be decided next time round.

France produces nearly 4.2-billion litres of table wine a
year compared with Italy’s 6.5 billion, Vabre says, But
French production is stable while Italy's is increasing
every year,

An Economic Commission spokesman sald the current
system of three-and six-month storage subsidies is aimed
at persuading producers to store part of their autput and
help prevent a market glut.

But now that there is a Community wine surplus, the
used by- producers
automatically.

SYSTEM REVISED

Thedstillation system, revised two years ago, | has been
reasonably successful.

But part of the system — the obligatory distillation,
which is set in December if the Economic Commission
believes there will be a glut —has never been used. Vabre
Says some Community countries understate their
estimated output and that December is too early to know
whether there will be a large surplus.

France’s main problem is that winegrowers in the south
do not have the option of moving out of wine production
into other agricultural products, Vabre says.

Unlike milk producers, they have not been promised
any government aid to help restructure their sector.

But they bave already shown the government that they

‘are ready to ilght if nothing is done to help them.

“Scouting News

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by JANE QUADROS

’ Does Scouting heip its members relate to the world
around them?”

To this we have te answer, Yes.

Thru the various Scouting programs; Beavers, Cubs,
Scouts, Venturers and Rovers, its members learn very
importnat lessons of life. Now that is not to say that
every person who has, is, or will be involved wtih Scouting

is going to become a better i but we do say that the...

lessons and experiences‘éna BE Reople to kay the
difference between right ant Ae PONE.

‘Theyery first lesson learnt, and the ‘ine that must’ never
‘be forgotten, is how to work with and get along with other
people, both with those of the same age and those older
and younger. The whole system, right from the Beaver
Colony to the Rover Crew, is based on working together.

Within the various programs some of the lessons are
repetitive. They teach the importance of the conservation

_of our natural resources. Perhaps it is sometimes

forgotten and such things as littering and conserving our
nations energy takes hold. But, the lesson is given, over
and over and conservation is practised by many.

Survivalis taught in many ways, from knowledge of the
home and community to roughing it in the wilderness.
They are taught to build shelters, start a fire, read a
compass, build a raft and when they go to camp they learn
to cook. By the time they reach their teens, they are quite
capable of surviving away from home.

Service is always emphasized and strange as it may
sound, often It is hard to find a service to do. Service
projects recently performed here in Terrace range froma
litter chase to performing search and rescue missions,

Respect is taught and enforced within the groups, along

‘with morality and the knowledge of belonging to an

organization with high ideals and aims.

Members of the Scouting family can be and are prokd of
their affiliation. Did you know that there is a membership
of over 15 million, spread throughout 115 countries. They
all try to live by a similar Scout Promise and Law and try
very hard to live up to the Scout motto; ‘Be Prepared.”

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Effective Wednesday, May 30, 1984 only:

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Effective Wednesday, May 30, 1984 only:

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by ALLISTER PEDERSEN,

This is, the sixth ing a eeriea of articles designed to inform

_marjners about marine radio equipment, radio operating

procedures and radio regulations particularly as, they

‘relate to ‘the. West Coast of Canada. This article is a

continuation of the previous two articles dealing with
marine: ‘radiotelephone procedures used for distress
communications.

The last but by no means least distress procedure is the
‘cancellation of distress. This procedure is absolutely
essential in order to ensure that others don't continue
risky and expensive searching after an incident is ac-

‘tually closed.

When a station ig no longer in distress or when itis no

: longer necessary to observe radio silence, the atation that

was' in distress, the station that relayed the distress

-essage or the station that controlled the distress traffic
.: Bhall transmit a message addressed to ALL STATIONS on

the distress frequency(ies): advising that the. distress
traffic has ended.
The proper procedure for cancelling a distress message

1) the word MAYDAY (once)
2) the. words ALL STATIONS (three times)
3) the words THIS IS

4). the name and-or call sign of the station transmitting

the message (three times)
5). the filing ime. of the message
6) the name of the vessel in distress (once)

-7) the words SILENCE FINISHED or, “SELLONCE

FEENEE (the international expression) .
8) ashort plain language description of why the distress
situation is being cancelled. a :

'9).. the word OUT

NOTE: The procedure outlined above is méinly for the
benefit of other stations for the resumption of regular
service on the distress frequencies. To ensure that Search
and Rescue stations are advised that a station is no Jonger
in distress, a normal call to the nearest Coast Guard
Radio Station detailing the reasons for cancelling the
distress call must be made.

In summary then, there are five basic procedures
associated with distress communications; the distress
call arid message, the acknowledgement, the mayday
relay, the imposition of silence and the cancellation of

_ distress. Examples of each procedure are given below

and the examples as you can see all relate to a single
incident. Care should be taken to ensure that distress .
incidents remain identified by vessel name so that no
mixups occur. It was reported after a recent viulent
windstorm in the Georgia Strait area that the Coast Guard
recelved 60 distress calls in one hour. This statistic should
be sufficient justification for heavily emphasizing the
necessity of understanding correct distress procedures. It |
may be too late to start thinking about procedures ina
stressful situation when fast accurate communications
are essential to life.

The following is an exa mople of a distress message from
a ship:
Mayday Mayday Mayday
This is :
Sea Fox CZ3929 Sea Fox C23829 Sea Fox. Cz3929 i
Position, Two miles south of Merry Island.
Have struck a log and taking on water.
Engine seized.
Two seven foot Bayliner with orange stripe. —
Three people on board, one injured.
Sea Fox
OVER

_ The following, iganexample Of an, acknawledgenient by
‘another ship to the above call:
Sea Fox ©23029 Sea Fox, 6 C7929 Sea FoxCz3929
This is ~
B.C. Navigater 026962" B. C. Navigator ©Z6862 B.C.
Navigator C2Z6962
Roger Mayday. . ;
I am located approximately one mile south and
proceeding to your location, ETA approximately one zero
minutes.
Bc. Navigator
OVER

The followlng is an example of a relay by another ship:
Sea Fox CZ3929 Sea Fox CZ3929 Sea Fox CZ3029
This is
Princess Joan Princess Joan Princess Joan
Roger Mayday
Standby, I will relay for you
Mayday Relay Mayday Relay Mayday Relay
This is
Princess Joan Princess Joan Princess Joan
Mayday,
Sea Fox CZ3929
located two miles south of Merry Island,
Has struck a log and taking on water. Engine Seized.
‘Two Seven foot. Bayliner with orange stripe
Three people on board, one injured.
Princess Joan
OVER . oe

The following is an example of imposition of silence ona
specific station by a vessel in distress:
Mayday
Sunflight Sunflight Sunflight
This is
Sea Fox
Silence Mayday ; ,
OUT

The following is an example of a “cancellation of
distress:
Mayday
All "Stations All Stations All Stations
This is
B.C. Navigator Cz6e62 B.C. Navigator 26862, B.C.
Navigator CZ6962

‘One Eight Three Zero Pacific Daylight,

Sea Fox

Silence finished, -

All persons safe and on board this vessel,
B.C, Navigator

OUT.

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