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Reproduction is not permitted without the written.’ permission of the Publisher. . - ‘ The Terrace-Kitimat Daily Herald Newspaper Is politically independent and a member of the British - Columbia Press Council. _* Report responsible SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador’s conservative ‘president, Alvaro Magana, says the Kissinger Commission report on Central. America is ‘responsible,’ but some ’ political moderates are critical of its proposals. A spokesman for Magr, Arturo Rivera y Damas, El Salvador’s Roman Catholic archbishop, assailed the report, saying: “Mr. Kissinger has erred completely.” : Julio Adolfo Rey Prendes, a spokesman for the Christian :Democrats in El Salvador’s Constituent Assembly, ‘said the report “‘places too much emphasis” on military. aid! ~ ” “There can’t be asimpie military victory,” he said: “We ‘don’t need a triumph which flattens the enemy. but rather ‘one that integrates him,” Lo ‘ ’ Former US, state secretary Henry Kissinger. and other members of a fact-finding panel toured Central America ‘before making their recommendations, which were presented Wednesday to President Reagan. : The report advocates providing massive military..and . economic aid to the region to combat what it calls a "direct threat” by Soviet-Cuban activities in the area. to US. security interests. Ce GET PEOPLE WORKING — | ‘ — : It calls for $8 billion in economic aid te Central America over five years and -construction projects to put unem- ployed people to-work, =~ . ms ; ¥ =, *, Nicaragua didhotissue any official comment Wednesday/| on the Kissinger report,..-7->" . * Guatemala’s foreign'minister: Ferhando Andrade, said his country welcomes economic aid as long as it doesn’t ‘earry conditions insulting. Guatemalan sovereignty. : Guatemala’s military government is fighting a long-term’ insurgency by leftists and in the past has turned down US. economic aid tied to improvements in human rights ‘con- ditions. - . The spokesman at the San Selvador archbishop's office, who declined to be identified, was among. Kissinger's © harshest critics, . . ; “Kissinger. has erred completely by ignoring the Christian forces, which are a vital force in the country,” said the official, “He has excluded the possibillty of dialogue which Msgr. . Rivera y Damas has proposed. He has not listened to us. We have been very clear in our opposition to more military aid.” ; The panel recommended that U.S. military aid to El. Salvador be “significantly increased” as “quickly as — possible’’ and advised against giving leftist rebels there a share of power, . PRAISES REPORT ; Magana, responding to news accounts of the com- mission's report before it was released Officially, said it was “‘very responsible, serious and comprehensive.” ’ “The most important thing is that this kind of aid can’ solve the structural problems, not only the immediate ~ ones,” Magana said in an interview with CBS News. , ' Roberto d’Autuigson, presidential candidate of the ex-~ treme-right Republican Nationalist Alliance, said the report “reflects the politleal convictions of Reagan, a man who is a true leader and and admiration.” Battered ND VICTORIA (CP) — British Columbia's battered New: Democratic Party needs a leader to provide a facelift for a Stagnant party and many members are glad the race lo replace Dave Barrett is under way. an oo ’ But only one of the five contenders to succeed the former premier at.a May leadership convention is a relatively fresh face for the party that has been drifting virtually leadertess in the legislature, which resumes the current session Jan. 30 after a three-month layoff. ‘When Premier Bilt Bennett's Social Credit troops defeated the Barrétt-led NDP for a third consecutive election last spring and increased their representation in the 57-seat house to 35-22, Barrett said he would quit politics but agreed to lead until a leadership convention is held, - Late in a stormy session of marathon sittings last fall, Barrett's stand against a ruling from the chalt Jed to his ejection from the chamber, He was dragged through a revolving door, dumped otttstde the houte and is barred by thé Speaker until a new session beging; .~ .. With the plight of Barrett in the background, party watchers will be looking for signs of fragmentation in the ranks while grading the house performances of the three sitting members among the NDP leadership candidates. TWO FAVORED 7 But the early line favors two candidates without’a seal ~ Victoria lawyer David, Vi 49, a former B.C. deputy attorney general who i public office for the firat time, and locomotive engineer Bill King, 59, who sat jn the legislature for 12 yeats including pneferm as labor minister and who was defeated in the ie lection. so Vickers is the only newcomer to seek the Opposition leader’s job, which pays $24,762 above legislators’ basic $40,000 salary and tax-free allowance. The others are sitting . itembers Graham Lea, Bob Skelly and Dave Stupich, ‘Vancouver Mayor Mike Harcourt; whe -many-thenmit--"role in the party. Women hold ~ , However, Ontario Solicitor General George Taylor 2a | AREN'T FEASIBLE =) 27) roadblocks. Nor Whom we have much respect: wednesday painted-a generally optimialie, picture in 1934 ‘need leader . But Ritchie said 1984 likely will also be.the first year of spokesman Rosemary Brown, young Women in-common: ' TORONTO (CP) — The two quite ordinary don’t know.each other, but they. have much Both made independent, ‘highly personal they knew would land thein in of a lively, complex public . beyond the rights of justice and politics, 7 ; Le ’ The twa women; one-from Oltawa and the other from : - Orillia, Ont., refused at different trials to teatify againat thelr alleged assailants, ©. 0 -" oe Their reasons were different, but familiar .— one: felt threatened while the other said she loved her accused at- tacker — and both were jailed for contempt of court after ‘debate that has expanded abused women to the’ issves of. law, judges ruled thelr refusals; to testify. hampered the ad- - minstration of ‘justice, ss vee As Alan Borovoy, general counsel to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, sees it, “There are important issues - _. War declared on drunks — The federal government is planning an all-out war on impaired drivers, threatening them with stiffer fines, jail terms and 4 lifetime licence ban, among other things. - _ So now all tlie police have to do is get out and nab the — culprits, Right? = |: iia medeeeds . It may not be. that simple, say some police spokesmen: _ across the country, noting'‘a number of factors — especially, money — will have some bearing on the matter. .With the Yuletide crackdown on impaired driving.-in; % many ‘Canadian centres now. over, thete: have. been suggestions. those intensified. spat-evks. should: be ‘main: tained.on a year-round basis. “se “We think ‘it is- very’ ‘effective," says Gil Goodman, Manitoba's assistant deputy attorney general, “We would. like to see (spot-cheeks) going 12 mouths of the year.’? : Goodman says Winnipeg shouldn't have to worry about. - redistributing: funds to operate the program year-rotind * * because stopping drunk drivers NEED MORE MONEY ; should be a priority. ; But Metropolitan Toronto Chairman Paul Godtrey, a police commissioner, says city police wouldn’t be able to - do it without getting more tax dollars or provincial grants, “We'd like money to set up regular apot-checks bul: we also want’ money to catch more bank robbers,” Godfrey: says, ‘We'd have to take’ spread out’ the overall watch of the communily.””.~ ’- ate full-scale spot: police could rearrrange prinnitice te aya At soe meee we A: checks all year. “They have regular radar trap; \ ) now, go they could just'as easily set up booze traps,”. Taylor aays,. wes Toronto Police Chief, Jack, Ackroyd saya it costs about $500,000 a year to keep.a two-man patrol car on the road, - The checks have various acronym nicknames across the _ ‘country. In Manitoba, for example, they are called ALERT: they are called RIDE - (Reduce Impaired Driving: Everywhere). rr ree as ‘Supt, Stan Ziola of the Vancouver police traffic divislo Says year-round spot-checks wouldn't be feasible because °. the division has onlyh43 officers and it takes ‘20 officers to tun the checks with the two Batmobile (Breatti Apparatus Tasting)! vans Siilppea th leather ain stunning defeat in the 1969 election in. which the relatly cly-inexperienced Berger lost his own seat. Vickers, who has mounted a smgoth campalgn, faces the - distrust party old-timers stung by Berger have of suc- ‘ cessful andvarticulate young lawyers; But his lateness on . the scene means he is not tainted politically with what were - considered the spendthrift ways of the one-term NDP _ government, ' Barrett, who succeeded Rerger as teader, has not. of: ficially supported any candidate but it ia no secret he’ convinced King to run. While Barrett's support could be considered a handicap in some circles, King has con-- siderable support from the labor unions that play & major : decisions that ~ jail. And both share the focus “expanding it, °° patrol cars off the street and“. _ Meanwhile,’ “the © she : - wholeheattedly support (Alcohol Level Evaluation Roadside Testing). In Toronto; rao seeuy Supported ~ of Toronto, sald Saudi Arabia has Gord. Ritchle of Dominion Securities’ Amea” Ltd...of Calgary said OPEC may even face pressure sontempt after two sentenced " stready hampered counsellors’ efforts to help rape victims, ‘that transcend the particular facis'in each cage.” VICTIMS IN JAIL: us 7 :., David Peterson, leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, ¢alis “It’a-a very bizarre set of Gireutaatances when-you have | alleged perpetrators going free and. victins in: jail,” he a a a ~ In the Ottawa case, a 20-year-old. woman wag jailed Nov. ‘28 for.a week by an Ontarlo Supreme Court judie after she refused to testify at the trial ofa man. accused of-raping her. . - The woman, whose name was-ordered withheld, said she feared for herself and hér-family*but refused to answer further questions. The man was found not guilty antl freed after the prosecution was ufiable to make.a case against him, ee BR ge Patti -McGillicuddy,’:Hamilton’ representative to the Ontario‘ Coalltion of Rape Crisis'Centres, says the case has Police in Regina and Calgary are considering extending the Christmas roadside checks :té.a year-round program. “We found that the results were very good,”said Staff ‘Sgt. Gerry Veresh of-the Regina force. We're looking at ee a “People now are more conscious of jumping Into cars an driving” ‘Calgary Police Supt, system. worked, “We ended up with ry on Tarrant also said the Christmas 7 miore people getting: caught." Tartant . “said. “I think we're going to review the stepped-up program > and try. to resolve any number of ‘questions. Is it worth continuing? Are we: able to continue? While impaired. driving (numbers) are so high, we're not going to forget about impaired driving.”; - WON'T KEEP CHECKS 0 sald there are no plans In Edmonton, Const. John Ward ~ to keep the checks ona year-round basis.’ - “Off and on throughdut the year, aa the need is brought to | our attention, there may be temporary programs,” Warden said, | - Se Halifax police didn’t have a formal spot-check campaign’ - . during the Christmas season but police sald officers were - told to pay special attenton to drinking driving and they are . expected to do so-year-round. .——s-- ve! a - “Once: police know’ the government is starting. to do. mething, that makes the policemen more alert,and they'll “It's a spillover,” ... F Police in neighboritig - probably charge more peopte,": says Sgt:'Don Whittemore. Dartmouth conducted a month-long “+ teatin December using mobile aleohol detection equipment borrowed from the RCMP..They. were impressed enough with the results that. they plan to budget for their own units. : ed ‘by Some citizens’: groups, SEEKS PENALTIES ©) 2. ae ~~ Qne of these is MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), ‘formed in 1981 by Sally Gribble:of Richmond, B.C, The group has heen pressing for.a mandatory 48-hour jail term for first-time-impaired driving offendera;‘as well ‘s'a fine “somewhere near the §2,000 mark” and a one-year licence suspension, me oy, , “When you get tight down to it, the periallies in force now) ‘are just'a' fap on theewribt).Grthble says. - “8 ' unde“tie propodedtép 1, people convicted of im=. paired driving or failing to provide a breath or blood sample would be banned from driving for three months following * the first conviction. They would also be slapped with a $300 , fine, up from, the current,$50. .°:-: Cas “A second conviction would result in; an autoniatic aix-. month driving ban and 14 days imprisonment, and sub: sequent convictions would bring d otie-year driving ban.and- ®-daya in jail For more serious offences, such as causing death or bodily harm while drunk, courts-would ‘have the option of-imposing longer driving bans, even for life, ; - Enforcing the law: would require Increased police sur-. . veiHlance at a time when the number of officers across Canada appears to be declining, are , The Canadian Centre for Justice ‘Statistics in-Ottawa reported there were 53,725 full-time officers in the country in 1962, a drop of.172 from 1881, i “This represents the first decrease in police strength in: Canada since the inception of Statistics. Canada’s uniform crimé.reporting program in 1962," the federal agency said. pont mS, * for the oll business and for Canadian energy stocks, which. they said were undervalued.-. pote . Rick Hallisey, analyat for First Marathon Securities Lta. been successful in holding. the $29-(U.S.) a-barrel price set by the. Organization of Petroletim Exporting Countries, He forecast a’ period of . price stability similar to that of the 19608, e te cut prices, possibly producing a drop of $2-$5-barrel;. . = teal growth in oll demand since the late. "708, An‘expected ' drop in-world oil inventories to 10 per cent above accepted, .What they get, Chimbos said, minimum levels from 25 per cent in 1988 could affect price, -Oil prices dropped during the last two years partly - ecaulse many countries had amassed huge stockpiles of oil, in fear of 1970s-style. shortages. Don ‘Textor of Goldman Sachs and Co. of New York. echoed the two Canadian analysts.: He said stockpiles no | _ longer act as a buffer against price spikes brought on by sharply, higher demand. . ‘ : : OFFSET CLOUT oO Textor also said 1984 will probably be OPEC production will not rise. Of from countries such as’ Great Britain helped offset OPEC's clout the last two years, « He said reduced OPEC production, low inventories and . higher demand in the United States due:to a cold winter * could produce spot shortages of heating fuel in géme areas. _-Pollthes will play a large part in how energy companies do.” In Canada, the analysts said.) 4). ' . All said relations between the federal gavernment and the » industry have improved for pragmatic reasons but furthex ' gains are expected tf the Progressive Conservatives win the next election, hesaid, Hallisey said renewed co-operation between Ottawa, the” provinces and the industry could create $20 billion to $25 billion worth of energy development in Western Canada and © the frontier, mainly the East Coast, ~ __ Ritchie said no matter which party is in power in Ottdiva the fedéral petroléuti incentlye program likely. won't” survive beyond 1988. The program pays eligible oll com- — panies The analysts agreed Canadian ofl and gas stocks, which | have lagged behind market galne.fhe last.iwo yoars.are .. due for a revival. -, sequences. — to press charges herself. - | assistance, Zimmer said, proposed- ‘federal’ Jegislation is - the first year non- 1 antes large subsidies to explore frontiers and-has-been “|. “ eriticlzed for being too: costly, po? : . i d within 24 hours'and a : dical evidence must be gathered with 4 hours and. : victim must talk to police fairly soon after the attack for her 7 aken seriously, she said, " wever before the Ottawa case, a Jwoman ¢ould “take those steps without necessarily belng locked into rolling through with all the proceedings, That allowed count lors “time to calm the victim 80 she could make a more rea ined i-laying charges. oo EES, oNee omen are being asked to make a sap judgment (about laying charges) at a ‘time of crisis," MeGillicuddy "said. “We have a problem of what we ean say to them, In the Orillia case, a pregnant 22-year-old woman, Karen “Mitchell, was sentenced Jan. 3 to three months in jail for contempt of court when she refused to testify against her boyfriend, charged with assaulting her on two occasions. Mitchell was released last Monday pending ‘appeal. of ‘the * gentence, : She sald she had not intended to have criminal charges. | | brought against her live-in boyfriend, Terry Reed, but onty wanted a peace bond to keep him away from her until their lanned wedding. ann ae P After her release, Mitchell went straight to a Barrie jall ; to visit Reed, 21, who is being detained for. violating ‘a revious court order. = es J Her case has alsoraised questions about toughened police - policy. The change results from an Ontario governm t ‘order that police take the initiative in cases of domestic " ylolénce and prosecute wife beaters, rather than wait: for the victim — often submissive and fewrful “of the :con- SC POLICY OT yan “damer, a staff member at Interval House, a Toronto shelter for battered women, said she agrees with -the policy despite the apparent anomaly of the -victim ind bars. ‘ ’ ree: Me the new prosecution policy Is not enough. More therapy programs for wife beaters and more support for “victims, including shelters, are needed, she sald. ~*~)’ ’ Lawyers say women who have received help from in terval houses are usually in better emotional shape: antl better prepared for court than those who have not received “What women want most is protection and then peace,'' she said. "Most of them are not after revenge.” *: : Doris Anderson, head of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, said the issue can't be seen ih tering of black and white. a7 ” “We're supportive of the intention of police to get tough With rapists and beaters,” said Anderson. “Bui it-seemib that the whole thing is backtiring when the victim ends up.in jail. . nee - “Justice isn’t being served. There has to be some kind of grey area.” _— Bhy Borovoy of the civil liberties association ‘sald ‘discretionary powers Inherent in the Canadian judicial system are at the heart of both cases. oH ~~ Contempt-of-court proposals put forth Monday by federal Justice Minister Mark MacGuigan are “a step in the right direction,” especially in the particular case of jailing witnesses who will not‘teallfy, he said. os The Criminal Code -amendments-would see contempt treated much like any other. charge and curb the almost- undefined power of judges to press contempt citations. People accused would have their cases heard by a judge other than the-one who issued the cifation andthe allowed to: havé # lawyer piéad their’e hie aie eR oe ’_, But further changes are necessary, Borovoy said. There | are stil] questions of law enforcement, particularly . domestic assault cases where victims do not wish to ‘proceed with ‘charges. Sd . USE DISCRETION , re Law enforcement officials use their discretion all the - “time, he seid, For example, police charged men as found- “dns in a series of raids on homosexual bath-houses , in Toronto, yet regularly Ignore illegal drinking at fanthalt games. a a “We need a set of discernible guidelines so that these vital issues can be properly developed,” he said. . Jim Renwick, justice - critic for the Ontario -Now Democratic Party, has a viewpoint that combines the legal and women’s issues Involved in the cases, - ne : He sees them as a conflict between judges’ “ancient and traditional” rights to lay contempt charges and new public’. policy that women are to have more access to the courts. In ; each case, judges have opted for their traditonal rights. One way. to resolve the conflict would be ‘to refer the question to Ontario Court of Appeal under.the Constitutional . References Act, sald Renwick, adding he has suggested this course to the provincial attorney general. re "+ The referral would allow all interested parties to appear before the. court and would not be an adversarial situation,, as is Mitchell’s appeal. mS RAISE QUESTIONS . Be Beyond the’ legal questions, the ‘eases raise other . questions, auch as why do women refuse to testify'and why - _ do they stay with men who best them? _ ae . Prof. Peter Chimbas, a University of Western Ontario sociologist who igs done research in domestic homicides, "Says women often seen no altematives, ==» * Often they have been beaten as children, believe things ~ -will get better, are economically dependent. or educational or occupational resources, he said, <:_ oo Beyond that are psychological reasons, such as feeling a. heed to be dominated or feelings of guilt that they deserve She ‘ “ Si-ls very difficult for us (0 underytand,” he said, ; “Ultimately, each woman does what she does for her own _ reasons. - . we ” : . HERMAN | | | ; . op : ae os _ - . 4 Ga f m i i “Is it. true you like ; your employes ' _ to speak their minds, big nose? oF. tack ©