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BEIRUT (AP) — -A bomb-

laden car blew up “outside 1

the’ 'U.S.- Embassy today,
and authorities said (26
people were killed and 105

wounded in the fiery ‘blast ..
that collapsed the centre -
section of the seven-storey. .

building. .

U.S. marine commander
Col. James Mead = told
reporters that people were
still trapped alive in‘ the

~ efforts were under way,
A policeman. on the scene
said

Earlier,
Voice of Lebanon © radio
reported the car-bomb had

been set off by a Moslem ©
and”

suicide : terrorist and
described “the vehicle’ -as

’ having diplomatic Meence’ \

plates,
“This
Iranian
‘ campaign ;

- revolution’s -
against im-

perialist largets throughout:

- the world. We shall: keep

striking at any: imperialist |
presence in Lebanon, in:
cluding the mltindtions ”

force.”

Holy: War
responsiblity, telling the
newspaper Al Liwa:

force.

White House spokesman.
Larry’ Speakes . said, in. -
Washington that two people

‘an estimated “150-—
kilogram bomb was hidden:

in a Lebanese police cur and -
detonated by remote control’
in the embasty' 5 dripeway.
the  Chijitian -

is part’ of the

A group called. Moslem’
’ claimed .

wearing US. marine
uniforms .were among at

least 21 killed in the blast,

“but we ‘cannot verity that
there’ are. any American
dea ”. a

However, doctors at the
American 3. > . University

Hospital in Beirut said the
- morgue had 23-bodies from”

‘the blast, including those of
six U.S, marines. U.S. Army

., Capt. ‘Alfred Martin said’
rubble and: that ‘rescue

two army soldiers also also

“were among ‘the dead.
‘Doctors: at’ the ‘hospital

reported 105 wounded, while
_ Lebanese police. said there

| wounded,

“employees ‘were trapped in

_ the rubble‘and -that Dilton”
. hiimeelf. had been trapped
- briefly but : not injured.

“We regard: ‘the situation |
“RB: tragle,": ‘said Speakes. .

[ths a despicable terrorist
act, dnd -it-is: particularly

» horrible: that itoccurred at
this.:..; mbai :

< envoys Philip

Special U.

time: of ‘the? erplasion,. but
‘Draper's. wife' was visiting

*\ the embasey‘ind he. raced |
back: to: thécompound:'to

4 edateh: for her; A U.S.
“marine: ‘said: athe had: been

“tate toa bonita with cuts .

mat

receiving |

were 03° dead and 2

: ‘Speakes "quoted » US, a
- Ambassador. Robert Dillon -
/88 saying. a. number of .

“Habib and: ‘Morria ° Draper -
were at + * tie. + ’ Lebanese
_ présidential palace almost °

ot
‘Moslem Holy - War: has. 0. hllometres away vat‘ the

claimed ; several, ‘previous F
attacks on the multinational .

on the temple.

Meanwhile, both ‘Preah a

and American’ ‘hospital »
ships off the coast also were

from: the: embasay. on
The blast at 1:05. p.
(8:05 a.m. EST). collapsed

holé through . the ‘ground

floor visa ‘section - ir the"

northern wing.

An. Associated: ° Press. ;
reporter’. Said the building’ 8-:

¢entre section from * the

haere the roof collapsed.”

ike-d layer cake anda body

‘Could:be seen dangling from

the fifth floor, its arms and.”

legs’ hanging. down’ and.
Gripping blood. Two other’
“wings of. the embaisy were

still standing, although they *

‘sustained heavy damage, he =

__ > casualties, *
evacuated by . helicopter, .

mr vinesies at the - scene
-said . the. explosion’ was
‘ eauged by, a car-bomb in a
vehicle. parked. in the cir-

cular.) ifiveway._ oy. just |
: ‘beside the: ‘embassy in West

=predominantly

towering cloud of mhoke

‘was: ‘seden: rising’ from. the

area of the embassy shortly

* after the ‘explosion. Sirens.

were Screaming and hun-
“dreds of onlookers crowded

"the. area ‘near the ‘ com-

2 Is. no: fence

‘peparating . ‘the » embassy
‘from the four-lane seaside.

road. that runs by the em-
baasy and the highway was
_eovered with rubble for 50
* pnetres | on ‘either: ‘side of the
_ building.

t U. S. embassy

Windows were blown out
of residéntial buildings for

at least a block around the .

“embassy and at one house 40

_ metres.’ “away a | young

women stood ‘weeping in a
room" where .the door had
been blown open.

Lisa: Paisic,. an -embassy

“aniptoyes ‘who works in the
consiilar- section, stood in
front: af, the compound in a
blocd-stained orange dregs.
’ “Tt’s not my blood: [ am
not: hurt,” she said. ‘‘It’s
just’ --fronmi : helping other
people’ who were injur

“The: ‘blast came 17 hours
after an:unknown assailant
fired> at a-U.S. marine on
Beirut’s. southern outskirts

: Sunday: } night. A bullet. tore
through: his trouser leg

withdtti injuring the marine, -

a ‘spokesman sald, and the
soldier returtied fire at his
unseen attacker.

. convention = or

’ secretly

a . & . - A

‘Nuclear war: scare. violent

OTTAWA (CP) = Anxiety caused by
fear of a nuclear war’ is contributing to
‘drug abuia, crime, and marriage break--
Ups, a weekend conference of Physician’
* for Social Responsibility was told... -_-
The organization consiats of about 1,000.
: physicians aerogs the country dedicated to:
educating people about the medical im"
plications of nuclear war. : .
* Jones,'a past president of the Canedian
Medical ‘Association and the Canadian var
‘Paychlatric’ ‘Association, sald people who. * :*
are'calm on the outside but carry fear bind.”
nervoustiess around inside ate ex-.
periencing “paychic numbing."
‘Another tontersiice . spehker, .
“Parker, said-he alto has treated patients.
_ upset by the threat of nuclear annihilation. \

4

~The Hamilton: - professor of family

‘didn’t want: to bring children Into a world
thal may soon be destroyed bY, nuclear
war,

Bon Bates, - a. “Mecm "University
- professor, sald six. to ‘eight million
- Canadians would die, Immediately and
‘about half the country’ s population would
"die within a montlt of a Soviet attack.

“7 cannot say Canada as a nation would
2 Soontinud to exist," said Bates, member of
: a Ero studying the effects of: nuclear

fhe ntudy is haned on ‘the “best guesses”
"at experts and reports on the effects of the
“destruction in Japan, during the Second
World War. “

foes

iy

- much

“medicine said he. tréateda’ couple that

in Herald Staff Writer .
TERRACE—: ‘Tonight the first regularly °
scheduled ‘committee of the whole wili- be
- held in the. Terrace. ‘council chambers.
According to the new. procedures bylaw,
~ every: off-couinell Monday night will, ‘how
, see such’ an: event. ;
1 ‘There i are 13 items, on the agenda + four -
will be iscussed only. behind closed doors
at an’ ‘in-camera session.
“The: public: portion will see-two internal :
review: -peports.  .Ohé ‘on: the Beach ‘St...
subdivision, « the : ‘other on a proposed .
subdivision bylaw. : The city is seeking to
ao - purchase two new cars. Price quptations
: ‘from: five dealers will-be debated. .
“The: “access to information bylaw is set 7
for review. The intent is torevoke it.’
_. The B.C Agricultural Land Commission °° ~
a has. a Jettér'on Terrace's agricultural land °
» -Feserve. boundries. The cily” 8 policy on the
industrial heaith and safely- committee for’ .
its employees will be reviewed,
“A possible closure of Frank. Street té
- vehiéular traffic will be diseussed viaa -
memo from thé planning director, ae

VA letter from: the B.C. ministry of
environment informing: Sthe city that. .its
: sewage treatment "4g in mon. ‘compliance

New Democratic Party.

- Leader Dave’ Barrett has*
‘> repudiated a
. Pledge made by one of his
". party's candidates, while. g

campaign:

Bruce Kanary, is not his,

7. party's mining policy in the

campaign for the. May ‘6

#  provinelal election.<—~

Tourism Minister Claude

«Richmond, who brought the -
m letter to public attention.
’ Saturday, said. the: policies

would all but shul:down the

| industry and would amount
q to staté ownership of mines.

‘Barrett . ‘sald © Kanary’s

+: “Mining Policy for the
_ 1880s"! is based on an. in-
» ternal
’ paper which has never even

party. discussion

been debated by an NDP
caucus
meeting.

Meanwhile, Smith said
the government ‘has no
intention of dismantling the
petroleum corporation —

_ though he said the govern- -

ment might reduce its role.

-'‘On the “other hand, he said,

the export ‘marketing ac-

tivities of the corporation

might be expanded.

In any event, Smith said,

formal provincial govern-
ment ownership through the
Crown corporation = is”
necessary to forestall a

possible revenue grab by —

the federal government.

Barrett has said he
suspects the Socreds have
promised oil
companies fo turn over the
corporation’s activitles . to
the private sector in return
for campaign funds.

The NDP “leader haa
promised - los: borrow 5
as $500 million
against future
petroleumcorporation
revenues and use the money
to ereate jobs.

In other election news,
another pair of Vancouver
new Democrats has made
charges of — -voters-list

. irregulatities. A spokesman

for Gerry Scott and Jean
Swanson said the voters liat
in -Vancouver-Little
Mountain had only about
48,000 names —. but the 1941
census showed more than

66,000 people of voting age in
the riding.

Seoit and Swanson ‘ate

" demanding that residents of

the riding — which includes.
the “Gracie’s Finger" slice ©

_ of Socred territory ndded in

~ Barrett said Sunday. that. .
a a letter circulated ‘by the. :
4 NDP candidate in Omineca,.

| Council to meet in|
|committee of whole

By KEITH ALFORD

with regulations .and requesting a
proposed course of action before passing

agenda, |

' diseussed. °

Year, |

“ast ° elettoral
distribuflon — be allowed to ©
vote alter swearing they are.

. should: contact. ‘the nearest ©

registrar .. ‘of. ‘voters ‘or

government agent. —. under

in the B.C,

~~ Government section of the

-“Elections”’

- telephone book.

- demonstrators

Premier Bill Bennett took

Sunday .. off ' after: ex-
periencing the best -and

'~ worst of Vancouver ‘Island

hospltallty Saturday.

In Comox, Bennett was’

eenfronted a group. ‘of
protesting
against health-care cuts.
But in Victoria he received -
a standing ovation from 700
supporters — his largest
turnout so far in the cam-

‘decisions. itself. :

eligible at the he poling Lene

the matter tothe attarney general is on the

A memorandum. trom the treasurer on {
" the new variable mill rate for taxes will be -

The in-camera session will deal with aon
letter from the B.C. Building Inspectors' °
Association first. The letier implies that
there may: be political pressure ‘being wo

~ placed'upon that office, * ae

The-Halliwell’ reservoir and - proposed
. Sale of district lots will also be discussed,”

"The last iter to be spoken to behind
locked doors is the indemnity. bylaw - with’
‘the: intent of. reducing’ Mayor’-Helmut.

“ Glesbrecht's salary to $1 for the rest of the.

The committee of the vvtiole makes no’
It.is merely a way of
: discussing issues without having. a formal.

mation on the floor. ‘
_ makes. recommendations’ on. ‘the me: .
’ tapics to a formal council meeting - > i
‘ the same_items may’ be: debated: again.” ®

_As with current council meetings, afler’ ~~
the new proceedings bylaw, the committee. —
of the whole ‘meetings may be extended
_ beyond the formal 11 p.m.. ideadling by a
» simple nfajority vote,

It discusses

where:

: Barrett repudiates: promise

paign — when he repeated ~
his promise to ban B C
Ferry strikes. <.

‘Also - Saturday, sauiett.
we ‘said an ‘NDP plant for direct,

lumber producers ° to get a
duty against, Canadian

‘lumber is based on their
‘the | }.
—Canadian— industry is. —-_._}.

‘contention  _ that —

already unfairly aided. by
provincial governments. |

Barrett hos said ‘his
government would consider
a _partnership with Mac-

‘millan Bloedel in a new

sawmill at Chemainus. .

This week, Bennett will |
campaign in the Vancouver |
area, the 5.C. Interior,
southeastern B.C. and on
Vancouver Island. ‘ Barrett
will be in southeastern B.C.
and the Okanagan.

‘Experience offered

Herald Stalt Writer
TERRACE— Local Socreds are working, for Frank
‘Howard says the incumbent NDP MLA.
“The Social Credit party in Skeena riding is actually,
whether they know it or not, campaigning for my re-

election,” Howard says,

femee

He says there are regular local references made to
experience by the Socreds, and the need to have someone

with experience as the MLA.

shine," Howard says..

“That's an area where T

“T have more experience in (he workings of goverment

than all the olher candidates combined," the NDP house _

leader States. “‘I'm an acknowledged expert on the rules of
procedure in the legislature and know, far better than the

current government house leader, how to make efficient -

use of the legislalure and how to get things,done,"” he states.
-In order to put those years of experience to work,
according to Howard, a changeof government is neded..

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