SOR ees re _ Oe ee er Ean neces ee nn ne aoe ‘wartiors | did not. “open: ‘on a : Lad; which at: one- point . - . during’: at seven-hour’ battle”: "on Monday" ‘actually : ‘paid yao a oe Page 8, The Herald, Tuesday! August 40, 1983 WINN PEG. swat ‘that ‘erupted: four days’ * ; ago, but. one ‘of ‘the: main > “Dome Gasoline: ‘Corp... » * Winnipeg * ‘cdused, a ‘traffic - . jam: : Monday, : until Police -stepped'in to persuade: the | ~ Customers... three ‘cents ‘a ’ ‘three warring: stations, to. 2 litre "to, take fuel “off its 2 shut-down temporarily: - . hands; retnained closed at” “In the | ‘heat of battle, a ~ fnid-morning today. - Trudeau admits: Liberals. losing their ¢ ATHENS (CP) - Prime’ Minister Trudeau - today - welcomed Brian Mulroney's election to the House of ” Commons as an opportunity to exchange views on Political and economic problems. “= ‘Trudeau said Mulroney will bea ‘formidable opponent and” “we will certainly be treating him with respetl- ‘and ap- prehension:” 1 However, Trudeau, commenting on the Tory byelection victories Monday and low support for the Liberals — ’.. generally, admitted that the Liberal party is nat well: and something has to be done toi improve its chances in the next . _ election. ~ “T do sense a malaise in my party,” Trudeau said at a. news conference. “When we're as low in ‘the polls as we are, 1 think it’s. - natural for members of Parliament and members of the ministry and members of the party generally to wonder what we can do in order to re-establish ourselves." But the prime minister refused to comment specifically " on recent signs of unhappiness with his leadership among — Liberal MPs, ” He also would not disclase the reasons behind the sudden resignation Aug. 22 of mines minister Roger Simmons, who left cabinet just 10 days after his appointment. . Trudeau said that Simmons had told him in ‘confidence’ why he wanted to quit and. "it’s a confidence’ I intend to respect.” . The prime minister said he was unaware of simmons s, problem before the appointment. Trudeau would only say that the reason for the resignation was personal. Shartly after Trudeau left Ottawa this month fora holiday — in the Greek islands,: several Liberal MPs. publicly sup-'' ported the idea that he resign to improve party support. . . And one of his advisers: was quoted as saying Trudeau would probably resign before Christmas. Trudeau abruptly dismissed questions about his possible _ resignation. “Could you tell me the name of the adviser who said . that?” Trudeau asked. “Maybe I could: comment on n his resignation.” The'prime minister's comments came on.the second day af an official visit to Greece where he held private _ discussions with President Constantine’ Caramanlis and Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou on-economic relations "between the two countries and international Political ” problems. _ He downplayed the Tory byelection victoties, ‘saying that it is unusual for. governing parties to win new seats in ~byelections, - ! Linking Mulroney's election to the problems his own party faces, Trudeau indicated that voters now will havea chance to get a clear.idea of Tory policies, The Conservatives; after a long period of-division, will be . able to present alternative plans for managing the economy and the country generally; he said. “And hopefully, we'll get some fresh new ideas from French trained N’DJAMENA (AP) — French troops are training i in the use of sophisticated and previously secret weapons as they geek to ‘discourage Libyan troops from advancing further into Chad, western military sources say. The new.French ‘weapons are being deployed for the first time and are potent enough to render powerless the Soviet- equipped army of Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy, the sources, insisting on anonymity, said Monday. . The French government has said its troops will fight only if engaged by Libya or the rebel forces of former president ‘Goukouni Oueddei, which Libya is. backing. . ~ Theré has been a standoff_since Aug. 14, with French (reops, supporting President’ Hissene Habre, assuming positions along the Lith parallel that splits the African. country.’ The rebels on Monday called for a : “reconciliation” of all Chadians — under Goukounl -- and denounced a French . - proposal for a federation of Habre and Goukonf' 's political forces. Although none of the new French weapons has been Fired, . Chad's civil war has provided an experimental, ground for . both sides, the military sources sald. ‘Khadafy's air force were reported to have experimentéd with previously unknown Soviet-developed weapons in the . - Aug. 10 capture of the northern outpost of Faya-Largeau. Chadian military sources said these included.a parachute bomb which launches powerful’ ‘horizontal rockets a few metres off the ground. _ - French officers. earlier had disclosed that * ‘they were equipped with an ultra-modern radar device which made ~ their 800-kilometre-long defensive.line ‘absolutely alr- tight." The officers said all the French strongpoints along the line — belleved to number about a dozen — were linked by the hypersensitive devices. % - The sources said similar devices have been deployed along Morocco’s so-called sand wall in the western Sahara to keep out the guerrillas of the Polisario independence movement, One of the most powerful of the: new French weapons; the sources. said, was an anti-tank rocket. code-named Apilas which was said to have a laser-guided viewfinder and a _range of more than 1,219 metres. ‘ The Apilas can be carried by a singlé soldier, the in- formanis said, and ia four times more powerful than ‘any Apti-tank rocket used by: any other armed forces. A marine artillery regiment arrived in N’Djamena lest week equipped with a new high-precision 20mm cannon that, can be fired as an anti-aircraft weapon or as an anti-tank gun. Tt also brought anew J2-tim mortar witha range of 14 _ kilometres and. a. shell-that explodes nine metres above © _ ground for maximum daniage. Amoig ew vehicles, the sources said, the French have: an ‘all-terrain reconnaissance car with a range of 1,600 kilometres on one tank of fuel. 4 Var | a rhe other two stations in + Motorists were lined up for, | ‘ees three-way battle. opened : - bloeks, today’ hoping. for. a: nn continuation of a gas price time today, selling at et ee ma only prices, but. in ‘the. St.. Boniface. ares. ae a . Domo employee sat atop a. ‘to: cut . Triceo ‘gven. further.” ae : tl . price on the. gas: ‘bar aturdsy wien a new Dario: marquee while A colleague gas. bar ‘dropped | ite: prices |. binoculars loapy atthe ag) a, “Promotion, - “Nearby... Meanwhile, -.:.~ posted ‘an, employee: a. few’ metres~. “away - “from its “on. --Moriday;.: when: prices... - dropped by the minute “regular: Jeaded: oa - rivals, .' ‘communicating. ‘selling for. 1.6 Cents a litre. price changes. via two-way... “ Customers were delighted - _ With’ the . - situation, which ; “radio. EE cea - cost the” Stations _ about them which right help: us 5 to. rebuild our fortunes, ” A yefr and a half remain. before -an election must’ be - ‘called and the country is in’ the middie of economic .. _ ‘recovery, the prime minister sald.-’ -But he admitted uncertainty: over whether the + tecovery « “will be long enough to allay fears which have fdntributed tox ‘the slide in Liberal. popularity. © - He said unrest among Liberals is. natural and the ‘party’s 8 fortunes have been low. ‘before bu have also Intproved ; “before. - On international issues; Trudeau said he and the. ‘Greek leaders discussed NATO deployment of nutlear missiles in ’ Europe this fait’ and the: role of. ‘Canada’ 's ‘Peacekgeping . force. in-Cyprus, Ae Trudeau praised | the spirit with which Papandre has - Desnutela : proposed a six-month delay in deploymest of the missiles. : "Early in the day Desautels put! beh Nitr his. 4. _ Oldami “ll “Other customers: said th “situation was. “Yantastic’ ‘and many. vowed to stay in y “line: as lorig-as it. would take =~ to “obtain: the, unexpected o bargain. . ‘buts, si or sands: ‘about it. But he said he cannot support ‘dhe idea because it will-no t. likely .help. arms negollations: with. the: ‘Soviet: Union: ‘in Geneva to succeed, : _ : He ‘downplayed coriments that he iriade Moriday ab jut a. * possible ° withdrawal ‘of Canadian. ‘troops | roar ‘10, 1983. - EBY STAEET