@ this ‘apring..

- billion” plan

; preset level by 2001.

into. raise ithe’ historic Prairie grain
freight rates. °°" * 1

Progressive Congervativg and: New °
Democrat;: trangportation : expe aN
obtained” an: early. dratt of the’ bill: to,
rewrite the: 1926 statute that’ enshrined’ inte...
law the Crowsnest Pass Irelght rates set in-- e
1897. °°.

Pepin wants to introduce the: new: bill
the next: session of: Parllainent; ‘expected

. But the wording of the aati bil is. bilghiy
legalistic. and bureaucratic’ and a. Pepin’
spokesman said bubsequent drafts are h
simpler... poe ty

‘The’ law. should ensure’. “permanen
employment for gangs of lawyers ‘at publi
heatings. and rate-setting’ tribunals? toe,

argue about the: details of the: bill and how Ls

it ls supposed to be implemented, °°:

-Pepin« has ‘asked opposition parties: to.
agrée: to. ‘begin: studying © his’: Crow
legislation in: advarice of ita: formal .
introduction, but. former ‘Tory - transport...
minlater Don’ Mazankowsk - and, “NDP... :

transport spokesman Les Benjamin. aren’ t
too eager, -
‘Pepin wants the Cominons to agree this _

" week to form:a apectal committee of MPs:

who are- members of the. agriculture | and os
‘transportation committees, a :
-. That special group would spend the reat
of the present session trying’ to fathom -
Pepin's legislation to implement his $3.7-

modernizing | the western rail system and _
“ralslg: ‘the grain rates. to five times the 7

to spend $3.7 billien

and. ask MPs: to’ agree to refer its contents.”
--. tod committee for’ study, Ste .
“-The MP alzo-sald he ds worried Pepin’s :
vill “gould! ‘leave. the’ government, ‘na
-situatfon similar-to the:one {t faces with “f |
Via Rail Canada:Ltd: ‘Tha rail’ passenger.
“@orporatlon has’ Incurred ‘ ‘costs way: over.
‘originial ‘projections’ ‘because - of opens
nidéd government instructions ‘on how | PB
“motel, Ithas to pay the: allways | for ge, of Ve
-, thelr-tracks, >". on be
. /And Mazankoweki Is concerned Pepin’
doesn’t.seem to be willing to accept any -
‘recommendations « ftom | - the: °
: committee. for amendments to-his- bill,

“Benjamin sald his party, which is dead |
-Buspicious | ‘as: hell’ at

Antentions.”. ao ;
~- We think-they will: have to use sa ipa |

to get the bill through and they might: try to

‘say these advance sessions-amounted to -
- hearings, They could use. that. to. ‘block’ |

wlinesses.-

“Why don't they {ust bring: it in and refer iE
‘it te a.committee?” =.

a Benjamin” said he is troubled by a.
_ numberof features in the draft bill.

. It appears farmers’ shipping costa will

a never. decline ‘even. if inflation becomes: '

lower and the railways will be able to.
introduce «so-called variable
Benjamin ‘paid.

_ ” Pepin sald the’ principle’ of rates being

" based'on” the distance the grain has to
_travel'will be more firmly established in

\ fhe new bill than in the 19268 sastatute, _

Alberta cancels increase -

bot against changing itie Crow. rates, -‘Is
the: ~ Pepin :

rates, .

~ the

Alberta Premier Peter Yougheed pulled | ;

the rug out from’ under: his own energy
minister Wednesday when he revealed his

province agreed In advance to Ottawa's .
decision to cancel an. ofl-price — increase
_ prices to world levels.and maintaining the

scheduled for July 1.

Lougheed contradicted. John “aozirny,.

who said Tuesday that Alberta was not

consulted before federal Energy Minister: ..

Jean Chretien announced . Monday. the

planned $4-a-barrel increase would not go -
ahead because OPEC had cut Its base

price $5 U.S. to $29. -
Lougheed sald it was decided Feb, 28
that if the Organization of Petroleum

Exporting . Countries cut its price, the ™

increase would not go ahead, He said
Ciretien's move came as no surprise.

= Meanwhile; zo! ry, when: ranked abouts -}yg
later nd at

Sirah
the premier,” me

To ‘further confuse: the iasue, Chretien.

iold reporters in Ottawa thé federal
-pricing agreement with Alberta is. not

_ legally. binding and the government has”

the .power . to lntlaterally roll back ail
prices. i.

But he uaid fieqwould not take such an.

actlon before further . discussions were
held with: Alberta.

In. the Persian Gulf: state of Dubal,

Alberta. ‘Forelgn Trade ‘Minister: Horst
Schmid. ‘told a business audience if. oll

prices drop below : $25. US. a barrel,
(7. extraction of oil from oilsands ‘will not be:
‘| ptofitable :-

‘for existing Canadian
producers.” :
‘Schmid . said $25 U.S. tabout $30.63

Canadian) is the current cost of ‘extracting

a barrel. of oil from the ollsands.
“Alberta: is producing 200,000 barrels a

day . from” {ts ° ollsands out ‘of a dally

“production: ‘total. of one million barrels, -.

_ sald Schmid, who is. ona tour of the gulf
countries.”
In Calgary, the independent Petroleum

“Conservative © Jim McGrath -
‘Commons to confirm such aconsensus was

near world levels would give industry and

‘government needed cash while. raising - |

gasoline prices by only one cent a litre.

The ‘association Is pushing the proposal -

asa compromise to raising all domestic oll

current price structure, which ould bring.
an actual price rollback. ©

On the economy, Newfoundland Premier. 7

Brian Peckford's. claim that. Canadian:
governments . ‘expect only a ‘short-lived

economic recovery was characterized as

unbellevable: by Finance Minister Mare

_ Lalonde.

"Peolsfard ‘anid Tuesday night, after

“ dinner.with Prime Minister Trudeau and
- the nine other premiers, that they had all.

agreed “the recovery that's coming might:

pe AK lveduntentwe'be bakin i ;
ssituatio

vor (wo yeara’time, and that

for this decade Canada faces ‘real
problems.”
-Lalonde, Newfoundland

In. the:

asked by .

reached, questioned Peckford’s credibility
and sald he would rather check with
Trudeau than rely on the: views of . the.

premier.

Outside. the Commons, ' Lalonde raid

Peeklord 1s, not. bellevable and that.
‘Finance Department forecasts show "a,
more long-lasting recovery than - two -
years” although: he declined tobe more
specific. His precise. forecasts are to tec
contained in the federal budget expected in
“April :

In other business news:
a The Bank of Nova Scotia: ‘said ina
forecast the drop in North. American
interest rates ties stalled temporarily, but

economic forces still point to a further .
“long-term rate decline. -

“Tax breaks are what businesses want :
. mast. from: government; - involvement tn

their operations ia what they. want least; a

- become invalved in politics, -
. further, atratning . relations .

” were. ‘atrested | by- police
~. Santiagd ‘and ‘flown too

SSTEDE Se renga

" Assoctation' of Canada said boosting the -.
“Brice of. certain types | of domestic oll to

‘elerally-ponsored survey, has found

Timmy faces controversy

. CHARLOTTETOWN: (CP) —"The Easter | .
Seal drganizer. who had. Prince ‘Edward
' Island's’. officlal, Timmy pose for i.
+ publielty photograph with a whitecoal sea
pup got. there publicity than he reckoned
om, Tet. ;
Timmy. roe ‘geven-year-old Tommy
Crozier of. Kensington, P.E.I. — was flown

tothe Gulf: of St. Lawrence ice pack March | |

gona helicopter chartered by a seal-hunt
protest group, the: International: Fund-for
Animal. Welfare. A. ‘ Charlottetown

‘ Guardian Patriot photographer took) a

photograph‘ot him sitting on the knee of . -
np - . no intention of exploiting. ‘Timmy. a

' Easter Seal tour organizer Danny Murphy,

looking down | ‘on a whilecoat seal.’ The.

photo Was picked up by The Canadian
Press and appeared in other’ newspapers, :
including the John’s News’. in.
Newfoundland, winere foelings , about’ the ;
seal hunt ron high. °

The result was a storm of, protest calls to.

the offices of the Easter Seal campaign'l.° “teil Danny:

organizers in: Newfovindland and prince

Edward Island: £ i.

Easter-Seal: ‘efoups. in both provinces: ,
issued staternents sttangly: digassociating

themselves from” the’ seal-proteat: group ~

and urgitig ‘residents to - continue

supporting | their annual campaign for Fe

handicapped:

-The' plea. ‘dla. not, + tall on deaf. ears, .-

_ Leonard Gallant, a kesmen for & group
of profunt P E.1, fishermen, said the anti:
“hunt, group. was to blame and fishermen”
are not agalnst the Easter Seal campaign. 7

‘urged Islanders to: tontinue
coniibong io the campaign. wo

Th St. John’ By ‘the Newfoundland Soclety a

. for Crippled Children and Adults issued a
* ptatement::
Newfoundlanders to. cantiue supporting
: Easter Seals. - CO

Wednesday. - ‘urging

. “Our - society ‘and the Newfoundland
-Easter Seal Campaign. strongly . object to.
this exploitation. -of "Prince : Edward.
Island’s Timmy by the International Fund

for-‘Animal- Welfare,” soclety president

James Redmond told a news conference.
~ But ‘the ‘International Fund for Animal -

’ Welfare said it was the Easter Seal people

who first suggested. the trip and there was

‘wphey came to us with the little led.
wanting to. se the seals,”, said Dan
Morast,. spokesman for the protest: group's.

“delegation staying in Charlottetown during
the‘seal season. “We did. hot Bit here and -

think this up as a stunl.”” ae ;
So whose. idea was it?
Murphy, | the ‘Timmiy-tour,
. chairman or, wg ‘knee™ Timmy. was
sitting in the ih days he takes full
responsibility, xt he stresses. it ‘‘was
done with: -the most innocent intentions. ©

“7 had no intention of siding with any

group. Timmy has spina bifida and he may

never. walk again. I jugt wanted: to make
his reign as Timmy oie he would never
- forget.” Spina bifida is..a’ spinal birth

., defect that usually results in paralysis or

death before” ‘a child Teaches adulthood.

The tip was ‘completely - an
undertaking oh my part, a gesture towards
. Tinmy, [don’t know ifit baektired. I know
- we got some pretty queer telephone © tails. ”

i Buenos ™ Aires, “Argentina,
aboard ©

, - archbishopric, *

church |

' church's | pastoral

: Phiszhet had accused the
* EwO. 2 priests, ”- :
” Australidn, . Father . Brian

- Chile,” but ‘church : sources

: " eancelled’ “the residence .

: widespread. protests: from © - 7

shold,” moe

being, in, ‘hospital |

shocking, the country...

“ shuiity we ea

»Mthe greatest salesman in world na

‘put into it

; audience measured 82 million viewers,

gual

It pald 48. a .

_aetworks “biggest assets,’

cand they had a daughter and two sone.

"made: him a: ‘radio. é an renin favorite: fe for five!
ae and even the. singer: he once fired on live TV.
Sfeentled Godirey as. "the § greatest aa salesman in the. Pe

‘to call hilmeel the ond ‘Redhead’
: and who, wag ones dubbed. “the Huck Finn of,radio''
--for his folksy ,wit, dled. ‘Wednesday. ai‘ age 79 after . |
13: days: for . emphysema and :

be cremated: without - “any 7
spokesman: for the William a
Mors agency, whi represented Godirey. 4
mec | ay hope — indeed I sball pray — that he will reat in |
: peace,!! “sald Julies LaRosa, the singer “discovered”. -
by Godfrey and then: tired iby him on the air in 1953,

LaRosa. had just’ fintehed singing Manhattan on the
v show Arthur Godfrey. and Friends, when Godfrey —
ed.to the -pudlence:, ‘and announced: -
oul "3 swan Song.” He accused LaRosa of a “tack of

ppis : ip:

- The singer tala reporters ‘Wednesday night he and
’ Godfrey’‘never. ‘reconciled, but he credited. Godfrey,”
for giving his career a boost. ‘and recalled Goittrey 8 as

/ From: hls ‘signature ‘greeting of “Howa! 'ya, .
.Howa’ ya," to hia public battle against lung cancer,
, Godfrey.did everything. with his own brash style. He.
* iked to say that you “get as. much out of life. oa you.

"He made the pertonality more impértant than the
“talent, nee  Fecalled ™ celebrity Art Linkletter. :

At hin peak in: the 19508, Godfrey had a Mondays ”
through-Friday- daytime show, ‘Talen} Scoula on -
Monday night; and an hour of Godfrey and His Friends:
on: - Wednesday | nights. His weekly. prime-time —

“In 1950, it'-was ‘reported. that Godfrey's shows
», brought in $150 million in advertising for CBS,

“His Talent Scouts, with an applause. meter that

"measured audietice response to unknown performers,

- fe credited’ with -giving newcomers ‘Pat. Boone,

Barbara’ -MeNalr, Vie’Damione, Johnny Nash, the
_- McGuire Slater and Shari Lewis their start...

Godfrey" a career got its start In 1929, Then a coas! —
man, Godfrey and’ some: friends were in a”
Baltimore pub listening to. amateurs. ‘perform on a.
“local radio station. His friends urged him to audition.

- . He. got a 16-minute. apot on. the. station and ‘was -
billed: ai Red Godirey, the Warbling. Banjoist: "The ©
spot was sponsored by a pet shop that: sold, bird seed

From there he went to ‘Washington with, NBC. and
‘then.to CBS in. 1946, where. he became que ot the...

“" Gotifrey retired from regular ‘radio broadcasts in
. 1972. The secret to hls longevity as an entertainer, he
sald, was in-his willingness to meet new: challenges,

Godfrey was born Aug. 31,1903, In New York City -
: but wae raised across the Hudson River in Hasbrouck .
-- Helghts; N.J. He wan |married in, 1b38 to Mary Bourke,

Span. ending | in 1981.

3 s arities

ALU general’ hag. ‘accused Asraeli :
‘soldiers iof ‘threatening: and insulting U.S.

. ‘narines| in Lebandn:and asked Washington -
ta. ‘prevent further confrontations, sald a

Peport published. today.:

_ attack in Beirut. Eight Italian soldiers: also
“were wounded by gunmen nearby. and a
“> Igindmine killed - two Israclia east ot the
Lebanese capital. °

Tn: Washington, President Redgan. said

“ “Wednesday ° he “would press. ‘for. “the, Me

. withdrawal: ‘of “Israeli, ‘Syrian’ ‘and. ~
- ‘Palestinian forces from Lebanon, and’an -
“official of his administration sald, chances.
‘have improved on, breaking the ‘10-week”
| diplomatic impasse on reaching @ pullout *.
"agreement,

The: ‘official, who. "declined . to - be:

. sdentified, called the grenade attack on the

. U.S:-marines “an isolated incident." +:
‘The Knight-Ridder report quoted Gen...
Robert: Barrow, the commandant of the
U.S... Marine. Corps, as saying —ugly
confrontations between the Israelis and

~, Americans. marines have included ““‘life-
threatening eltuatlons, replete with verbal
. degradation of the officers, thelr uniform” .

“pind country.”

“Unfortunately,” the general “added,
and of greater concern to me, {Is that)
_ Incidents of thia nature are the rule, rather
~ than the exceptlon:”

‘The report sald the remarks attributed

‘to Barrow were made in-a letter written ©

Monday to U. S. Defence Secretary: Caspar

~ Alaska murders. solved

- PATRBANKS
‘Alaskan state.

(AP) —
troopers

accident,

investigating the slayings of into the posatbllity ‘of = years, but first interviewed 5.
five. young women finally suicide, Bunday as a suspect ‘In £
|. tracked down a suspect In'.. -Alaska-- “ froopéts “dim” January, They. sald“ his
Texas.andgothis confession . McCann and Chris Stockard - name cropped -up initlally.. --

— but ‘the man died in a

wo,
traffic accident less than on March 7. ‘Bunday, a car registrations | derived as .
two hours after warrants career. alr force man from vehicle. sightings near ro
were isued, -, authorities ‘ statloned at: Felson : Air . the crime scenes. re ge
gad. 6: ‘Force Base’near Falrpanks Ca
State-police said Thomas ~ until September, 3861, Theis, have been over 3
‘Bunday, 98, ‘told: ther - admitted that-he stein ed 8,000, leads. we've’ worked 4
Monday. in: Wichita Falls, and. shot :the- women, ¢ over the past-two to three 3
. Tex., that.) he’ was ‘troopers said... | years,’ sald Lieut. Bob: 2
_ Pesponsible for the deaths of. - Alaska state police: have. *Jent, head of the Alaska i.
five women over a iwo-year “had an _ hnvestigator_: trooper investigative te team, :

The. report,’ a copyright dispatch ‘from: 7
’ te Washington bureau of. ‘Knight-Ridder
by newspapers, appeared a: day after five :-
"U.S. matines were wounded in a “grenade © :

investigation Is continuing :

said they: arrived.in Texas

* Welnberger: ‘ _
“- fésaid the general charged Iaraiell troops
with ‘deliberately ‘threatening . America
- soldiers and claimed. shots were. 7
"+ threeincidents his year, The report q pied |:
“him assaying the Israelia- threatened’ ‘ter:
_ kill’ an American. captain: in another .
-jneldent, .
os -Beveral confrontations were ' ‘ peparted a
a earller. this. year between ithe Ssraelis an
marines. The Israelis accused the | .
of ‘allowing Palestinian guerrillas” to slip.
through: checkpoints. ‘and: ambush ‘Israeli
soldiers... oy ean. F
A shadowy group. ni ied Islamic oly’
“Wat >. claimed ‘responsibility. “for.
Wednesday’ ‘a. attack on. the -marines;.
~ saying one of its members threw & grenade:
' from a second: floor window at a: marines’: ay
pal near Beirut's airport...

Butino one claimed responsibility for th int

_ automatic rifle: firg ambush - which os
* wounded elght Italian: soldiers’ or: ‘the {0°
‘ Jandmine that killed an Jsraell major and oe

captain. mo ae

It was the fist time’ US. and titan : 7
"contingents < of - the multinational...
peacekeeping force’ have: been: attacked : se

since they-deployed in Belrut six months...
ago to help the Lebanese government | r
establish control over the city, torn, -
Moslem-Christian evil strife and Israel's a
‘June 6 invasion to roul the Pales Qs
Liberation’ Organization. |. a
_ At least 60,000 Israeli, Syrlan:.and. °
’. Palestinian troops remain inside Leb oo
despite: protracted negotiations almed ‘at -
pulling them out. ne

- but: “an aasigned to: the ‘case full 33

time’ for . the last three

“among thousands based en,

On: ‘Tuteday, . 75 minutes ~

‘alter an-arrest warrant was . SKI SM. T THE RS | a
“{enied for him In Falrbanks, and stay at the 1s
Bunday was killed when his .. say abe : az
‘motorcycle slammed into a “TYEE MOTOR: HOTEL aa ee
‘dump truck... about. 65 vos a
‘kilometres east of Wichita | tha Main, Smithers Pe
"Falls, Texas state troopers Rates per night.per person’ sf ft

sald. -

“Texas - Department | of
-PubHe Safety-troopers sald |)
Wednesday that the crash is

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Priests. -
~ expelled —

SANTIAGO (Reuter). = ;
“Chile has ‘expelled two irish ees
priests alleged: to- have: = :-

between ||. the. Roman .
Catholic ~ “chureh ard the
military government. |
-‘Fathers Brendon Forde
ond: Desmond McGillicuddy

agents at a parieh church in.

Chilean,
commercial airliner.
The Yiear: 0 of. ‘Santingo's, :
Juan de
Castro, tald reporters. ‘the a
‘would: protest 6p!
against. ‘the expulsions, oe
“The problem lying at the |
bottom “is “the” lack » of. 95 ©
understanding - : @bout * the’
work,
because Pastoral. tasks are.
indeed BE. _Polltieal,” ad _ he

The imilltary. swveieneal
- President. Augusto -

rand: ‘an

McMahoti, of... -disturbing.
public order and intetfering
in politics. |

.. MeMation “was” tite’

sald he was expected to be
flown out so0n. : be
The + government

‘permits of the three priests a
last: week, |. prompting ~

‘the church. The three. had ©
lived and ’ “worked in poor
areas. of Santiago for .°
several years. ; ene
' Relations . between ‘the |.
church and the ’ military -
government ‘which *selzed
_ power: in 1973 were already.
‘sour., Chile's bishops have
been persisterit critics of the
government, .° » especially
over fia’ human rights |
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