Soumaila Mahainat told. reporters, in N'Djamena; rn | Legislative Library “ Parliment Buildings 7 Victoria, B,C.” | ‘ V8V-lzZ4 a : *f . a | Victory claimed: EDITOR'S NOTE — Parts of the following dispatch were subjected to Chad government censorship. _ By Michael Goldamith N'DJAMENA (AP). ~ President ‘Hinsenie’ Habre's government-and former president’ Goukotini: Oueddel's. | ~ rebels both claimed victory today on the” ‘battlefield at |. Faya-Largeau: in northern Chad. “After three hours of fighting, the Libyan-forees are in|. ___ difficulty and the government: troops, which repelled: ‘the. - " assailants, haye launched a counter-offensive and ara now: chasing their adversaries ;"" Chadian Information: Minister “He sald “Libyan forces’: ‘algo were répulsed when they : trled to open ‘a- second ‘front near the villages ‘of Oum Chalouba and Kalalt, 355° kilometres southenst of Faya- Largeau. 9. Mahamat sald Habre’ 8 troops “regained contril"” af the - region around.the two villages, which command, access, to the eastern part of the country. ‘A rebel spokesman in Paris, Abderraham Moussa, ‘aald ; earlier that :Goukouni’s forces — which Soumaila said in- cluded 2,000) Libyan, regulars. and. 3,000 others —- had. .. overrun Faya-Largeaul. Moussa said the rebels were "190 percent” in control of thé oasis near the Libyan border, about 800 kilometres northeast of the capital. ; Soumaila said the attack against Habre's forces in Faya-— Largeau was carried out with support from Libyan tanks, artillery. ‘and. planes. He told @ news conference the at-"- tackers advanced in two ‘columris, from the north and the ‘ west,‘on the government garrison at 7:30; aan. " Western military sources had sald 2,500 nien, the bulk of - Habre's army, were pinned down in Faya -Largeau, a town _ loyalist troops July 30. help’ French elyilt . around the ‘embassy. of 7,000 recaptured from. the rebels July 30. As the fighting raged in northern-Chad, Freneb military forces. ; - French military sources said the 30 paratrospers arrived in N 'Djamena before dawn, crossing the Chari River from : neighboring Cameroon where they hatl been: stationed to nis Mee in case the Chad war worsened "then erecting” “apectalt sine ~ Washington also is sending a team of military personnel to distribute weapons to Habre'’s army in the former French a colony, which has become a focus of confrontation between ; Libya and the United States. _ The sources, who declined to be identified, ‘sald 100 more paratroopers. ‘would be. sent from. the Central African Republi, anothet,former-French colony. The sources also- - said 120 French marine commandos would arrive torilght or - Thursday from a base in: ‘southern France for theoperation, code-named Stingray. . ‘Altogether, the . French will deploy - two. companies totalling 250 commandos to supervise training’ of. Habre's men and monitor information ‘on Libyan air and . troop movements transinitted from U,S, survelllance planes in neighboring Sudan, the sources said.. French ; officials earlier said only, 180 commandos would be sent to. Chad. French Defence Minister Charles Hernusald ‘Tuesday the paratroopers would not be deployed In combat with former president Goukouni Oueddel rebel forces: © <3. In Washington; Reagan administration officials are using & visit by Senagalese: President Abdou Diouf to push for French air support of Chad. Senegal, also a former French colony, sent a battalion for seveix months last year as part of an international peacekeeping force. : : Senegal is not expected ta repeat that move because of reported disagreements with the Organization. of African Unily on how: to deal with the current situation in Chad. - MEETS REAGAN. . Diouf was to meet with President: Reagan. today In- Washington in a’ visit intended to undertine .U.S.’ ap- preciation for what U.S. officials have called “Senegal 'g very constructive role in thia world.” ©. : Habre had asked for French planes and combat troops to. help his army rout the insurgents, who have surrounded the | strategic northern outpost of Faya: ‘Largeau, retaken’ by. Intelligence reports and witness ‘ateounts. ‘gay! ‘Libyan planes Have dumped napalm, fragmentation explosives and’ -.high-heat’ phosphorus bombs on’ tlie’ desert ‘oasis 800. kilometres north of the capital, Killing hundreds of clyilians and wrecking their hits. It is difficult to confirm the reports . because the government has banned Journalists from the’ front... US, intelligence accounts indicate 2,000 rebels backed by 1,500 to 2,000 Libyans with Soviet weapons have been | deployed outside Faya-Largeau. Libyan leader Col. Moammar Kaadag. claims his forces ’ are not involved directly in the. insurgeticy and says the Central Aielea, | — — — s - Reagan administration has concocted the to in- tinildate him. His governmenthas threatened to shoot down US. radar spy planes sent to neighboring Sudan to imonitor the Chad war.- US. officlals claim Khadafy’ 8 forces are suppérting ‘the Chad insurgents as part of a” lbyan plan. to fominata, . = _ ns -AMELY B BUY New?” WHEN USEDWILL por. »Doyou want parts fo Te op your far but your budget : -- won't allow 14? Beat the high cost ofr new ‘Paris with... “é avallty ‘ied paris ‘from am : SK: B. AUTO SALVAGE: 635- 2333 or 635-9095. ae MeO Duhan diuatott Hwy. To E) nuclear arms race. ‘The signs read, -peace.* ¢: i Herald Staff Writer ; ” TERRACE While traffic flowed 0085 0 alotig Lakelse Avenue and’ ‘people | shapiped: nd pd, amall hand of. con ently ‘atopped in front. of: the Skeera: Consti “Office In an: effort to make people more aware: of the’ “ance” a month: second Tuesday for two minutes ath a. ‘m. —pause for: x er ceed Weables ey on the Thesmall tracblike papers ihe groups was handing out say “Canada’s participation i in the arms race: will . not change the outcome of a nuclear war. . Baers, + - Terrace -residents site Lyte aa aay agin cg ete ep ein Babess | 4 Pause for peace ‘people met in front of Futen's office. - . Canada ¢ can make a major difference as a- world . leader in: peace and disarmament: -initiatives.”’ - vo The paper says the pause | has two objectives: ;One, °°. sabeingriease public’ awareness. ofthe. gaan} rig, of | wieder war to-te perstiade t to get out of the arms race end instead become a. ‘world leader in peace and disarmament. work, |. - While many of the pausers were in place 10 minutes" “before: 11. a.m.,, sore just madeand some including a. - ‘nother and child and a local businessman didn't - _atrive until four minutes after. ° . . It appears this demonstration will reoccur mntly 80 look for it again on Sept. J. tae : thé Cana governinent: | . each region. hours trish: rioters: continue battle. BELFAST. (AP) Roman Catholic voters te battled police into the early . burning ’ today, vehicles and lobbing ~ gasoline bombs and rocks to’ avenge an unarmed young man shot dead by a British : soldier. Riot squads fired’ plastic bullets to rout ‘the rioters, who began ravaging the | _ Catholic neighborhoods of | ’ Belfast on Tuesday ‘night after the -young Catholic was killed by a single shot - _ during a scuffle with British troops Police said gangs enraged by the shooting of. 22-year- ald: Thomas’ Riley’ in the _ - Ballymurphy quarter of Catholic West Belfast set - fire. to at least seven : vehicles, buses, and hurled rocks.and “ flaming milk bottles filled ~ with. gasoline at ‘Police of: - ficers; Police reported” “the including two rioting ended shortly after midnight Tuesday night. Pte. Tan Richard. Thain . was arraigned “today in Belfast Magistrates ‘Court © in the killing of Riley. Thain . Weg aurested Tuesday night. ordered Thain held. in , military custody pending a hearing Sept. 8. Bail was set at $150 after an officer from Thaln’s regiment, the Light "-, ‘Inintry, said the soldier ... would ‘not be. allowed to ~Teave the. province, . Thain; wearing civillan clothes, was, not asked to . enter a'plea and spoke only twice during the five-minute | appearance before a packed -courtyoom. He said. he... utiderstodd the charge and : ‘a did not. yet have'a lawyer. Police said 65 peopte were ' arrested during Tuesday's violence, including Stephen -country’ a.” ' Magistrate John Edwards — Lich, 28, of Indianapolis. . - group. Americans from -the New York-based. Irish - Northern Aid . Committee: “viaiting Belfast: : wo The Anierican group | is in Belfast for. what it describes merchandise trade surplus for. the” first six months of the year was a record. $9.3 billion, $1 billion _More than during the same “perlod: itr 1982, Statistics Canada said today. - - Should -that performance continué, - Canada would surpass last. year’s record fT, B-billion” ‘surplus in the trade of ‘with the rest of the world. . Both imports aind exports have been showing” strong growth bo far this year, an indication “of an’ improving _ eopnomty both here. and abroad. ““achinery, as :a: fact-finding. mission. isa major fund-raiser: for the - outlawed. - Irish: Republican Army in, ‘the United States, but the group says money it raises helps fabricated — copper, and motor vehicle “ne increase in industrial machinery sales is part of a . trend which began earlier in the year and represents the. first real turnaround in that sector.since late 1981, WHEAT DOWN “Dampening the increase in exports during June was a- 6i-per-cent decline in’ wheat sales to $255 million. That decline fellowed ‘a $95- million increase in wheat salea during May. "Imports during June were . wp, 3. per. cent from May to » Exports during the second ; quarter. of the year rose by ning per cent to $22.6 billion, following... a . 2.5-per-verit increase tg the first quarter. ‘That pushed total exports for the first half of the year to $43.4 billion, up from $42.1 hilton a year earlior, Imports, meanwhile, increaged by. 3.6 per cent to ‘e174 billion, inthe second : ‘quarter of: the year after showing 4 -strdng nine-per- cent increase in the first quarter, "Imports in the first half of -the year. ‘totalled $54.2 _ billion, up.from $33.9 billion ‘in thé first-half of 1962. “Ona morithly basis, ex- ports incréased iti June by ‘1.1 per cent from May to $7.5 “bililon. The overall figure was boosted by increased ‘sales of industrial é ‘tuled out. a. the families of IRA guerrilla The British and. Irish; ~ os . governments say the group — The British government” 3 prisoners. Northern Ireland. Office. proposed meeting, with, Martin Galvin, leader of the American group. -: Trade: surplus. up ‘orrawa: (CP) — The/ $5.9 billion and were boosted | by.a combination of in- ‘creased purchases: of both industrial machinery. cand crude petroleum. .: . Imports of motor vehicle parta, - passenger BPS, hardware and aircratt all declined during June... .' Trade | specialists : warn that monthly: figures can fluctuate widely and” be misleading..They say short- . term trends,— while not as - current as the monthly figures and based. on complex. - statlstical éalculations —- give a more accurate pictrue of what is happening. - Order issued PRINCE GEORGE, B.C, (CP) — The B.C, Labor Relations Board issued a cease-and-leslst order ‘Tuesday afternoon against Canadian Paperworkers Union pickets at Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd, Work resumed later in the evening. ' "The picketing began Monday afternoon, in protest against the company’s issuance of warning letters ‘té 87 unlon members who had left work Friday for a.1%-hour Operation Solidarity rally against the Social Credit government. -._ Board vice-chairman Brian Foley ruled early Tuesday | that the action by Local 604, which Involved 450 workers:and closed the plant for about ™ shifts, was an illegal strike. “There is no doubt that industrial unrest has arisen 8 ata: result of Northwood’s decision to Issue written warnings, oe Foley said in his written decision. “The CPU's adverse reaction to the writters wathings is understandable, at least to some degree, However; that is no defence for actions which clearly contravene provisions of the labor code," Lea Waldie, a Northwood vice-president, eslimated the strike cost the company more than $175,000, . a entrd oe oup-least able to deal: citizens. will be: especially. adversely affected by, many of the: pending 26° "hills according to Chiris Jennings, past .president of ‘the. ; Terrace. Association for the Mentally Retarded. : - On Friday, August 5, that asso¢ltion ‘along with pergle * “from the vocational and living skills program, the Terrace - interest group for the disabled, People First (a self help — ~’ group made-up of the mentally ‘handicapped) and other | interested individuals met: to dincuse. the effects of the. Social ‘Credit’s updated: restraint’ ‘pecgramn ‘focuses: ‘on more than labor issues they decided: : The cutback in jobs _ algo represents cuts in services. Services the mentally ” ‘retarded desperately need, they’ say. . The ‘standard income assistance these people were getting has béen frozén while a work incentive program . that had paid them from $50 to $100.a month hasbeen totally eliminated, Jennings-points out-that while $50 may not: seem like much to some people, for the retarded it enabled ~ them to buy the little extra items:that most of us take for’ -- granted. In_ addition, the .program provided the participants with positive and. _meaningful work; experiences they willl now notbeable to have. . There is nothing to take their place... The retarded eapecially needed the rentalsman. They are’ one of the first groups to be discriminated against and they: have no way of getting more money ta pay Increased rents. The budget will wipe out the rentalaman’s sffice. .. The retarded ag a group are one of the biggest users ot: medical services, The standard charge for-a. hospital visit ; is going to.rise,to $10, They also need specialized medical services, ‘which are the very ones that will be soon open to. _extra billing by doctora, if the legiglation passes. _ Those concerned see the cutbacks in education ay reallya . meana of removing a lot of special classes: The'classes the mentally retarded needed. — ~ The ministry of human resources. used to have’ a coordinator for the mentally retarded or the equivalent in _ He.too Is gone along with the family service: worker, Again, the retatded extensively wed the family: service worker.because their family's tend to have more -. problems because of the special needs. involved, won Jennings ‘says the interest group Bees the- mentally: handicapped hit harder than government workers,’ At Jeast some of the.BCGEU types have-the possibility. of. finding another job. ...The govéemment: has cut the retarded’s: - chances for: independence, Jennings says. The group that met..Priday wili not join Operation Solidarity. They view it as too labor oriented. Rather they will develop a’ parallel structure.and may enter into some joint ventures with Operation Solidarity. The interest. group is about to begin an ‘intensive campaign of public awareness and lobbying. As a first step it has called a meeting for Saturday, ‘Aug. 13 at 1 p.m. in ~ Room 408 of Northwest Community College. In addition to people representing groups involved ‘with the disabled throughout. the northwest, Doree. Naeglar of the. B:C,. Coaliticn of the ‘Disabled will sppak’ {re pepe {a “ invited to ‘attend. -Pldhes: land TEGUCIGALPA . (Reuter) _ “US. "military planes carrying troops and equipment: bey landing in San Ledro Sula, Honduras, today as milltary:manoeuvres of an . unprecedeited scale in Central. America ‘got under way. - ‘The war games will involve 5,606 U.S, ground troops, 6,000 Honduran troops and 19 US, warships. carrying 16,000 " fnilitary personnel. : U.S. and Honduran authorities refused to say how many troops had arrived so far or the kindof. -équipment they were carrying but said flights would continue to land dally daring the next few months; - One thousand U.S. troops will be based in the town of (Comayagua, headquarters for the exercises, 58 kilometres north of Tegucigalpa, : the Honduiran capital, Honduran military sources said. A group of some 50 to 100 today were » pitching tents at the _ base in preparation for :the arrival: of 1,000 to 1, B00 more - next week, oné military dource sald. US. _ troops: on Tuesday told Reuters news agency they had received little briefing on: Honduras. The operation, nicknamed: Big Pine 2, was called as a display of.U.S. military might "in the face of what President Reagan sees as spreading - Soviet influence /-i- the: .relgon. . “Reagan bas accused Nicaragua‘of exporting: revolution to its neighbors. : ~sDRAWS CRITICISM. - The manoeuvres have: drawn. sharp critielam from members of the U.S. Congress and Latin: American. - diplomats, who sald they contradicted efforts at peace talks: _ to resolve the region's problems. ©... . 3The exercises are to last at least six months and to cost fay more than the $5 million spent on Big Pine teonducted here last February. . Meanwhile, Nicaragua has warned of an all-out war with | neighboring Honduras and accused it od increasing its ald to US.- -backed rebéls fighting to tepple the Sandinist regime. Outlining a planned national. military service law: to a public session of the country’s state council, Nicaraguan Defence Minister Humberto Ortega on Tuesday ight said an all-out war with Honduras would spread through Central America and prompt U.S. military intervention. He said the Sandinists, who ousted dictator Anastasio Somoza in a revolution in 1979, were introducing military service to strengthen the army, In other developments, hundreds of medical students gathered in Tegucigalpa on Tuesday protesting what they see ag an increasing disrespect for human rights in their country. Their demonstration fallowed | allegations | made to. reporters by the deari of ihe national university medical school, Fellpe Raul Calix, that he was kidnapped and tor- De ernment agents, for 12 hours: patere “bala _ Teturned half-consclous to his home: wot, INSIDE Loeal; world sports’ pages 4a Commies, horoscope’ - page 6. ¥: Classiteds an i “pages : gag « snes end tem ae : “TERRACE—Premier: Bennett's: proposed: ‘pdget oo i legislation: is hitting hardest the: —with it.” ‘The province's mentally. ré