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A four-man delegation chosen by Liberal MPs and senators met Trudeau. for more than two hours Sunday night at his official residence, Stornoway, to tell him that both the Liberal caucus and the national executive want the former prime minister to scrap his retirement plans and remain their leader, The four were Senator Al Graham, national party resident, Allan acEchean, a Nova Scotia MP and Liberal House leader, Jacques Guitbault, a Quebec MP and Liberal caucua chairman and Manitoba Senator Gildas Molgat. Trudeau's decision likely will be announced to- day or Tuesday. The better-organized Con- servatives plan to open their campaign today by sending Clark to address party workers in Quebec, the Trudeau keeps them guessing OTTAWA (CP) — Plerre Trudeau remained closeted today in his official residence, Stornoway, deciding whether to accept or reject pleas by the Liberals to continue as party leader during the election campaign. “He'll be making some calla and acelng some people, a Trudeau aide said an interview today. An announcement was possible today but seemed more likely to be made Tuesaday. A four-man delegation chosen by Liberal MPs and senators visited Trudeau for more than two hours Sunday night at Stornoway, trying to convince the former prime minister to serap his retlrement plans and lead province that denied them a majority in the May 22 election. The first speech by any party leader in the election campalgn will be by Clark in a downtown Montreal hotel. However, unless that audience of Conservative foot-soldiera can deliver aub- stantially more than the two Quebec seats they did May 22, the chances of the Tories forming a majority govern- ment remain slim. Ed Broadbent, New Demo- eratic Party leader, begins his croas-country travels Tuesday in Toronto. Later in the week, he will visit Halifax, Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver, returning to Ottawa Friday night. The unexpected fall of the minority Conservative government Thuraday night gave the parties little time to organize campaigns, Party workera have been burning midnight oil since Thureday to arrange transportation, accommodation and audiences for the leaders, As always, the three of them . will be accompanied by a pack of advisers and jour- nalists. pacclal Credit ence ablen Roy will campa largely in Quebec, the only province to elect MPs from the, party since 1065. However, Roy plans to make the party through a fifth consecutive election cam- paign. “He didn’t give them any indication at all last night,’* the alde said, Senator Alasdair Graham, national party president and & member of the four-man delegation, leit Stornoway on Sunday night in the middle of a snowstorm and told reporters: “He's now going to take some time to reflect on what we reported to him.’ How long would Trudeau, 60, taketo make up his mind, a reporter asked? eh we orting ee but r us a8 soon as pomible wouldn’t think it will be days, We have a campaign,” at least one trip to Western Canada, where the party was born. Clark will fly in a char- tered DC-9 across the country this week, rest at home during Christmas week and return to the campaign trall Jan, 2, Citles to be visited this week by the 40-year-old Conservative leader after Montreal include Kitchener, London, Toronto and Van- couver, As well, Clark will visit Spruce Grove, Allta., Wednesday to be nominated in his home riding of Yellowhead, Clark's wife, Maureen § McTeer, will again ac- | ny him on most of the & compal travels, party officials told reporters Sunday at a. campaign briefing, Clark plans to meet his cabinet weekly during the campaign to attend to government business that must continue despite the dissolution of the 31st Par- lament. Conservative campaign strategy, a5 outlined by Clark and party officials, will concentrate on three themes — blaming the Liberals and NDP for the winter election, stressing a list of unfinished govern- ment business as ‘‘the foundation of Canada's growth in the 19908"" and defending the tough tax and energy pricing measures in the defeated budget aa essential for long-term sconomic recovery. The Liberals and NDP, buoyed by increased support ina public opinion poll and a byelectlon victory each Nov. 19, are pushing the line that the Clark cabinet proved itself unfit te govern by breaking promises from the spring election campaign. The latest Gallup poll, taken shortly before Trudeau announced his intention to realgn, showed the Liberals leading with 47 per cent of the decided vate. The Conservatives trailed with 27 per cent, NDP with 23 per cent and other parties two per cent. The percentage of the popular vote received by each party May 22 was Liberals 40, Conservatives 34, NDP 18, Social Credit five, and others one. Standing in the Commons at dissolution was Con- servative 196, Liberal 114, NDP 27 and Social Credit 5. SFeg OS wee “JOE CLARK... n trail Po «off and running MONTREAL (CP) — Domtar Inc. announced today it has approved the purchase for $35 million of a 25-per-cent interest in 8 joint venture to explore petroleum and natural gad rights In northern Alberta and = British Columbia, Under the agreement, Domtar Energy Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary, Will fulfill 25 per cent of the 1980 capital com- mitments to the venture of Agnew Lake Mines Ltd, of Toronto. Agnew Lake isinturna participant in a venture organized by Canadian Hunter Ltd. DOMTAR BUYING OIL, GAS RIGHTS Domtar's share of the total venture is estimated to be approximately 3% per cent. Other par- Ucipants Include Noranda Mines Ltd., Petromark Minerals Ltd, and Esso Resources Canada Ltd. Derek J, Speirs, Domtar’a vice-president _ for flnance and corporate development, said the company’s intereata in the venture should provide the ‘‘geo- graphical spread of reserves, collection of systems and gas plants capable of delivering gas with above average supply rellability"’ for ¢ heavily energy-dependent company. Blizzard conditions, many without power By GREG MIDDLETON Terrace area residents got a look at the kind of conditions you would expect in the high Arctic, says George Blakey, of the Atmospheric En- vironment Service at the airport here. Gusts estimated at over 100 kilometres an hour brought trees down all through the Thornhill and Copper Mountain areas. With power out in those outlying areas, B.C. Hydro crews worked in temperatures which dropped to nearly -20 Celsius. Provincial department crews, as well as Terrace and Kitimat city works crews, put in overtime to keep roads clear of the drifting snow. With winds that not only knocked trees down onto power lines, taking out the electrical service, but landed ontrailers in the area as well, Hydro’s workers would no sooner get hydro restored in an area, than another falling free would take it out again. Power was out in some places up to 14 hours. The blizzard, and that's how Blakey described it, - saw a wind chill factor that would cool you off as fast asif it was -50 Celsius without the wind. Police in both Terrace and Kitimat, however, report nothing more serious over the weekend than minor motor vehicle accidents. Even though many residents were forced to resort to fires to keep the chill off their homes, fire departments in both cities say they spent quiet weekends inside their firehalls. A spokesman for the Kitimat fire department says he hopes the entire Christmas season will be as peaceful. Though highways in the region were being plowed steadily over the weekend and Highways department spokesman Neville Hope said there were times when the plow would go through and the snow would drift back immediately, all roads are open. There is compact snow between ‘here and the East as on the road to Kitimat where graders are working there as well, The road to Prince Rupert is described by Hope as ‘‘no picnic’ and not the kind of thing you would do for a pleasure drive. It is, however, open. Len Needham, the director of Terrace public works, advised drivers to he careful on city streets. He suggested motorists go around a block instead of trying to drive through built up snow or drifts. Needham said the entire city works crew was working on clearing the snow today, but added highways © that in situations like this they can’t do the entire city at once. While the extreme - gusts caused problems all weekend, the tem- peratures didn’t break any records and the forecast is for milder weather to come. A 66-year-old Brandon, Man., man who died of exposure Sunday afler leaving a vehicle which broke down about five kilometres southeast of that city was among at least 21 persons who died accidentally in Canada during the weekend. A survey by The Canadian Press from 6 p.m. Friday until mid- night Sunday night local times showed 12 traffic fatalities, six fire deaths, two persons who died of exposure and a man crushed by a falling tree. In Brandon, Andrew Yorkewich set out for help, leaving his wife and a friend in a truck, Police said he was unable to survive the 29° tem- peratures and 20 kilometre-an-hour winds. His wife and friend were later rescued and taken to MAN FREEZES IN HIS CAR hospital suffering from exposure, Quebec reported three traffic fatalities, Saskatchewan had three fire deaths. Ontario had eight traffic deatha. Manitoba had one fire death and the man who died of exposure, Britlsh Columbia had two killed in fires, New Brunswick reported one traffic death and Alberta reported a man who died of ex- posure, Nova Scotia reported a man killed after he was pinned under a tree. Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island reported no fatalities. The survey excludes industrial deaths, slayings and known suicides, Shah’s move may lead to end of TEHRAN (AP) — Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh says the. departure of the shah from the United Statsa to Panama has opened the door to a xesolution of the U.8.-Iraniin crisis, and some of the U.S. hostages may be released before Christmas. “We will try to do our best to defuse the crisis, I cer- tainly don't want to have this crisis forever,'' Ghotbzadeh told The Associated Press Sunday evening. It was his most concillatory comment to date. “We take it as the first vic: tory for our determination in this case and obviously the atmosphere is being changed to some extent,” the foreign minister said. ‘‘A part of the process of defusing the crisis has presented itself and we hope by that, with the other positive steps taken with the United States and the in- ternational community, we come to resolve this problem." For the first time Ghotb- zadeh made no direct reference to the Iranian government's demand that Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi be returned for trial on charges of mass murder and plunder as the price for the release of the 50 hostages now in their 44th day of captivity in the U.S. Em- bassy. He said some of the hostages ‘‘possibly”’ will be released before Christmas and that all those still held by Christmas Day will be visited by foreign observers on the holiday. But he told ABC-TV that a team of in- ternational observers will be allowed to visit the captives “before Christmas’’ and that crisi Roman Catholic and Protestant clergymen will hold Christmas services for them. The Revolutionary Council in a broadcast statement shid the ‘“‘vallant resistance put up by the heroic Moslem Iranian nation agalnst U.S. Imperialist aggression and the wise leadership of the imam (Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini) have forced the U.S. government to retreat, reduce ils support of the deposed shah and, accepting defeat, compelled him to flee WwW But the council said it “continues to hold America responsible for the shah’s crimes and for his escape,” It called on Panama to hand over the former ruler and said no matter where he goes, ‘‘he will be puraued by the Iranian nation." Panamanian President Aristides Royo told repor- ters: ‘We are not afraid of them. Panama is ready to protect itself and the shah." Children’s art show * is planned Young focal talent will get achance to show off its stuff next week, There will be an art exhibition of children's art at theSkeena Mall from Dee. 17 through to Dec. 20. The show features the work of youngsters attending the Terrace Parks and Recreation Department's children’a art classes, The display is being billed as the - Internation Year of the Child Childrens’ Drawing Exhibition. The ladies like it less NEW YORK (AP) — sending in answers toa queationnaire, more than - half sald "feeling close to someone” and “my children’ were most important to them, Mc- Call’s magazine reports. among the choices given. McCall's said its questions were addressed to women who were married or Ilving with a man. With the women permitted to give more than one answer, the queation Among 20,000 women Good sex was fifth 43 “What la moat impor- tant to you now?" was answered ‘‘feeling close to someone” by 61 per cent, and “my children” by §4 per cent, Other answers checked were ‘my home,” by per cent, ‘financial security," by 39 “gatisfying sex" by 23 per cent, and “Job or primary activity’ by 17 per cent. The magazine said onl themselves “very satlafied’ with their sex lives and that the foremost dissatisfaction was not 41 per cent called having enough sex, More than haif the women answering were between 21 and 4 years old, the magazine said. per cent, Eighty-two per cent were married, eight per cent single, five per cent llving with a man, four per cent separated or divorced and one per cent widowed, Seven out of 10 were mothers. Sexual infidelity to their mates was admitted by 32 per cent of those anawering, the magazine said.