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Canada, Mexico meet:
looks: at the long term

. MEXICO CITY (CP) —

Four Canadian. cabinet
_ Ministers sit down for three
days of talks with their.
Mexican counterparts.
today, talks which officials ,
say will be important: to.
their countries’ longderm:
relationship even if no.
spectacular trade-deals are -
announcedm=".

. Officials say the visit by

- External Affairs Minister

Mark MacGuigan, Energy

 . Minister Mare Lalonde,

Mills Memorial Hospital” Ladies’ Auxiliary representative Lita Flynn holds Bradley Wayne Gregory. Roberts, who -

Eileen Hoflin {right) presents the New Year’s mother,

Lorlee ‘Roberts, with the silver duck bank while head nurse” Alice Moszezynski looks « on,

was 7 Ibs. when he was bornon Saturday. Maternity nurse

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Iraqi army is ‘on its knees’

Iran said today its forces
continued to press the
counter-offensive which
has brought the Iraqi army
“te its knees” on several
fronts, but Iraq said
fighting was still raging in
one area and that the
Iranian attacks had been
beaten back in two others.
' Tran’s officia] Tehran
Radio said President
Abolhassan BaniSadr was
at the front lines to view the
Iranian counter-offensive.
Bani-Sadr, who also is
_ commander-in-chief of the

Iranian armed forces,
studied the Iranian

operation from an un-
disclosed area which had

been under Iraqi control
Until the counter-offensive
began, the radio said.

Iran has said its forces
have advanced in several
areas and brought the Iraqi

“army “to its knees’ on
most fronts. :

But a military com-
munique issued late
Tuesday indicated the
Iraqis were striking back.

It said that after the Iraqis —

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were “defeated”? around
Ahvaz, capital of the oil-

‘rich Khuzestan province in

southwestern Iran, [Eraqi
guns shelled the cities of

’ Dezful and the oil- refining

centre of Abadan,
Politically, Bani-Sadr
has a lot at stake in the
Iranian offensive since he
has ,drawn increasing
criticism from ‘opponents

in the clergy-dominated |

Iranian government over’
the recent stalemate in the
7t-day war.

_ Western diplomats in‘
Tehran said it was not
- clear whether the Iranians

had the strength to defeat
- the Iraqis, who were known
‘to be dug in along natural
--detence:lines,

The “Tong-awaited
counter-offensive © was
announced Monday. and
foreign reporters were in-
vited today to the Tehran

’ railway station to view

between 400 and 600 Iraqi
soldiers said to have been
captured in the fighting.
Iran claims to have killed
at least 1,000 Iraqis and to

_ have captured up to 2,000,

An Iraqi communique
braadcast by the official
Radio Baghdad late
Tuesday said Iraqi forces
were battling an Iranian
attack in the area of

Susangerd, 55 kilometres .

northwest of Ahvaz.

The Iragi High Com-
mand described this area
in Iran’s oilrich Khuzestan ¢
province as the main part
of the counter-offensive
and said Iraqi troops had
beaten back other attacks
at Ahvaz and Gilan-e-
Gharb to the north.

Prior to the Iranian of-

” fensive, fighting over much

of the last two months had

been limited to artillery '

exchanges and minor

‘ engagements.

Faced with a winter
stalemate, the Baghdad
government had begun: a
Propaganda ‘campaign to:

DISTRICT

- until

‘show it was prepared for an
indefinite accupation of
Tranian. territory:

Meanwhile, Iraqi
President Saddam
Hussein, in a speech
marking the 60th an-
niversary of the Iraqi

army, declared his forces ©

would not withdraw from
occupied Iranian territory
Iran's leaders
recognized
“legitimate. rights | in
usurped - Iands and
walers.”” :

He castigated the Iranian
government for tu:
down his proposal Oct. 28 ta

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negotiate a ceasefire and

discuss peace on the basis.

of Iraq's demand for. full

sovereignty over the Shatt -

al-Arab estuary. The dis-
puted. waterway is at the
southern end of the border
between the two countries
and Iraq's water route to
the Persian Gulf,

Hussein sald he was still
‘ready to discuss peace on
the basis of the same
demands, but now he would
be negotiating “from a
position of strength: and

after our army proved we .

are capable of facing their
expansionist ambitions and

raise hopes .

TEHRAN (CP-AP) —
Confusing new signals
from Tehran have raised
hopes of a breakthrough in
the hostage crisis, but both
U.S. and Iranian officials
indicated an agreement for

therelease of the 52 captive.

Americans still was not
imminent.

Prime,. Minister

Mohammad Ali Rajai in a.

television interview. in

. Tehran on Tuesday. ’sald.
Ruhollah

Ayatollah
Khomeini, the leader of the
Iranian = revolutionary
regime, had authorized

acceptance of a proposal
from Algeria “to solve our

problem with. the United

States.”

But the Farsi words used —

by Rajai could be tran-
slated as either that
Algeria “guaranteed” to
solve the problem: or

“undertook” to solve it and -

‘there was no - official

_ English translation of what,

he meant.

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Behzad Nabavi, the
Iranian cabinet minister
responsible for the hostage
negotiations, told a news
conference today that
‘Rajai had not said [ran
would accept whal the
Algerians proposed.

In Washington, White
House Press Secretary

' Jody Powell said Algeria,

the intermediary in the
negotiations between the
U.S. ang: Iran, delivered
“additional questions’

‘from [ran on Tuesday on
the

latest’ American
proposals for release of the
hostages. He said a reply

y.
U.S, officials, who asked

‘ mottobe identified, said the

signals . from - Iran
suggested the U.S. and

Iranian governments . had’
- reached. “agreement on

some basic principles"’ to

’ settle the long dispute over

the 52 Americans who

today were spending thelr

4318t day in captivity,
But Powell said the latest

Iranian communication

provided no basis for ‘‘any

_ 86rt! of conclusion about
- When, or even if we will
\ have an agreement.” ”

“I certainly don’t think -
_there’s any basis to be
optimistic or certainly not’

more pessimistic than we
were,” said Powell, “At
this point, we're just going
to have to walt and eee
where this will lead us.”

_ The chie polnt being dis-
cussed

between the tro
governments'was believed
to be the amount of money
to be put in éscrow in
Algeria by the United
States.aa surety for Iranian
assets frozen in U.S. banks
and the foreign holdings of

- the Jate Shah, Mohammad

Reza Pahlavi, which Tran
is demanding. -

‘Iran demanded that the
U.S, deposit $24 billion, and
Washington is repotied to
have offered to put up
about $12 billion. --The
money would be delivered
to Tran when the hostages
are released.

. Agriculture Minister

Eugene Whelan and Trade -
Minister Ed Lumley is a
nutsand-bolts visit in-
tended to finetune the In- |

_ creasingly warm Ca-

“padian-Mexican
relationship. *:
‘They arrived here
Tuesday for discussions:

., with Foreign Minister

Jorge Castaneda, Industry
Minster Jose Andres de-.
Oteyza, Agriculture
Minister Fracisco Merino .
Rabago. and Jorge Diaz

’ Serrano, director of the

-atate-owned Petroleos
Mexicanos oi]. company.

De Oteyza told reporters
shortly - after | the
Canadians’ arrival that
: good relations with Canada
represent one-of Mexico's
highest -priorities..

“In the field of trade
there are ‘many
possibilities,”’- he sald.
“And in the political field,
Canada. 'is a democratic
country with an in-
ternational policy with’.
whieh we bave a lot of af-
finity. ty tesa

That political -affinity.
may be tested later this
month . when Prime
Minister Trudeau flies to
Mexico City to discuss the —
coming North-South
conference with. Mexican
President . Jose Lopez
Portillo.

‘One’ Canadian official
“sdid the joint ‘ministerial
meetings, ‘the third in a
séties in Toee Wik
neintaid dre Mtoe!
_ developed” lab May “when '
Lopez Portillo flew ta’
Ottawa for a state visit.
That- visit opened a new
~chapter in the. two. coum-

* tries" traditionally friendly.

diplomatic relationship‘
. with the signing of a treaty-
autlining bilateral co-'
operation in energy and
industrial development.
‘Under the ‘agreement,’-

’ Mexleo provides Canada -

with 50,000 barrels a day of i

- Mexican crude dil and°
Canada helps Mexico‘

- develop its industries. |
The Canadian govern-.
-ment considers Mexico a
secure source.:of olf and
officials hope the deal will

Douks
end

; ' a,
Strike

BURNABY, B.C, (CP) —~-
Three Sons of Freedom.
- Doukhobor women. have ©
ended a hunger strike at
.the Lower Mainland
Regional Correctional
Centre (Gakalla). . ~*~

A jail spokesman said
Tuesday the. three had
broken their fast Monday -

after 43° days, ‘She ..
their condition’

as good, adding they didn’t: —

aay why they had ended the
hunger strike, which began.
Nav. 22.

The Oakalla spokeaman. ;
also eaid there had-been no
word ona possible transfer -
of the three women, con-
vieted of afgon, to &
women’s prison -. at
Kingston, Ont. | :

Earlier, Oakalla officials
atid Tina Jmaeff; Nastia -
(Nellie) Koodrin and Mary ©
Braun were telling them
the fast was a form of
prayer. Bui other
Freedomites said the three «
were protesting againat the -
possibility of being sent to. .
Ontario. Lot

They face sentences of up.
to nine years for setting
fire to the home of thé iste
Anna Markova, mother of.
Orthodox -Doukhohor:
leader John J. Verigin.-:

_ Jail officials said the
women were force-fed.
every second day Goring
the fast,

wean the country from its
dependance on oil imported -
from the volatile Middle
East. a

For its part, Mexico
cessiders Canada a
developed country and
hopes that acquisition of its
technology in the nuclear,
mining, agricultural and

. manufacturing sectors will

expand employment and
lessen the country's

’

dependence on n the United

States’ economy...
Trade between Canada

and Mexico’ has gky--
“the: .

rocketed since.
agreement was signed: Ca-

nadian trade department -

figures for the‘first:half of
1980 show Canada exported:

$235.7 million in. moods: to -

Mexico which reciprocated

with exports of +$201.1-_

million.

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ALL ABOUT

PEOPLE

David Sutherland, a
- Northern Ontario Indian
whe made a 700-
kilometre trek to raise
money for a girl he’s
never met, kissed the
wall of Toronte's CN
Tower on Tuesday.
Inspired by Terry
For’s Marathon of Hope
and hampered by’ ar-
thritis in his leit leg,
Sutherland, 26, left
Timmins ov Dec.2) to
raise money to help pay
for cosmetic surgery for
Stella Hostachin, 17, an
Indian girl whose face
. was badly burned in an
accident 10 years ago.
. “Cold, wind, snow,”
Sutherland said of some
of the difficulties he
encountered. ‘‘None of
. that matters now. ['m
. here. Ive been
- dreaming about this
moment for two weeks,
“lm at
strong compared with
my peers. That's why
this is such a great
personal feat for me. It
~ proves what a human
being is capable of. And
if I can beat my afflic-
tion it will show Stella -
; that she can beat hers." .

Lraeees jw whet
knew — that Ronald
Reagan was elected the .

. next president of the
United’ States and
George Bush ita yvice-
president. =

Quigoing Vice-
President Wal-ter
Mondale, the presiding
officer of the Senate,
announced that Reagan

“and Bush each had

while President Carter
~ and he had received 49

’ votes each,
“This announcement
shalt be deemed a

* the persons , elected

president and vice-
., president of the United
. States," Mondale said.

’ Tom Forrestail, a
.well-known Nova Scotia
realist, faysit's time for
. Canadian artists to es-.
“tablish themselves on a
_ bigger - scale ~ in-*
. fernationally..
Forrestal] has been
travelling through
’ Europe recently follow-
ing an exhibition of his
paintings. which . went
' overseas. more than a
year ago.. The collection
_ OF 40 paintings has been
_; Shown in numerous
‘Ew. capitals. .
} -Forrestal has just left
_. Halifax for Bucharest
where his paintings will
; beshowni in the Naterial
' Madeum of Art. .
fj ‘We (Canadians) are
? a8 good as anyone else
' in the world.” . .

It. seems as though
: playwright’ David
Fennario has -heeded
Forrestall's words,

Play about working-
Clan Montrealers,
Balconviile, . will be
given’ a two-week
performance this spring
. at Lohdon's famed Ofd .
Vic Theatre — the firat
-timer a Canadian
‘ company has been in-
 vited to play at the O14 -
Vic. - an
|. The “title, of ‘the
bilingual play comes
. from the working class
Montraal answer to the
questicd: “Where are

received 499 votes from -
the electoral college

. sufficient declaration of |

‘said he doesn’t - think

- winger Brett Callighen -

" physieally~

ed ay with, his, en oi tase, * ,
{ ever#bbdy™ River cet
"injury

, describes the ‘alleged

late Chicago mobster, .

' tertainer.
; had been a contract gut :

’

spectil
.. A British newspaper

’ g@ West German couit.

'. might...
" reigning grand duke of

, Parliament.

“wave length as Wayne -

coach Glen Sather says

; bunch of bull.” °

” marriage © ‘ewéepstakes
Fenpario’s- bilingual —

-you going ta spend yout

summer vacation?”
The answer, is,

“Baleonyijie” ~- ‘wltting a

out on your balcony. ©.
“Director Guy Sprang

British audiencés will
have difficulty withthe °
French expression’ In.
the play because “even :
if people don’t sun-
derstand the words, It’s
still very clear what's
being talked about.’ Woe

Edmonton: “Bingen

seems .to be a™ young
man In a burry. © *"""

“Hereally stits thitgs |}

up," says Callighen’s”
linemate,:centre Wayne

Gretthy. “You'll never |:

catch him standing
sit it

The ai ee
the Nps fiockey

Harris, agrees:
is a darter, he’s vary
elusive. We've been
trying to find somebody
who thinks on the same

for three months”? -.
Callighen, 27, who.

“makes abig difference

last
* required surgery Nov.12
and Callighen miseed 3 .
games. | :

Entertainer: Desi
Arnat has rejected: a
claim by | adinitted
underworld assassin .
Aladena (Glimmy the

Weasel) Fratianno'@at |:

Arnaz” was” dace the
target of an underwarld .
murder Plot. wes
.Fratianno, in the U. S.
witness . protection
program after testifying
against several .
ofganized crime figures
in Los Angeles, |

contract on Arnaz in-his

forthcoming book~ The

Last Mafioso. _
Fratianno, 67, said the

Sam Giancana, oedered —
Arnaz killed because of _
‘bad publicity given. to
gan sters Al Capone 5
rank Nitti in the
television series ‘The
Untouchables,» -°°
The series .- was.
produced by ‘peta’
Productions, owned “by .
the Cuban-born « < PR

Arnaz said if’ there

on him, it would "not
“have been hard to aetto
* him. ;
“| always drove to the
studio. myself-and :2 :
never‘had a. bodyguard
in my life, It's just a

Princess Marte-Actrid
of Luxémbourg, ‘one of
several women‘ wha
British-: "gossip “pol
umnists linked : hn: the

with Prince’ Charles, is
again. the. centre. of
stiom.

predicted an official
announcement iri March —
‘that Marie-Astrid, %,
will Wed Georg von Eltz,

. Reports that Prince
Charles, a Protestant,
_ marry. - the
Catholic daughter of tae

Luxembourg stirred up
a fuss in the Brith

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