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- You pays. your money ‘and you takes your
“chance on Lotto 649. But with $5 million riding
_on where you put your pen It pays to be careful

and check what the computer gives you. - As
more people buy for the big prize, more people
may find that out the hard way,

TUNIS. (cP) = = ‘Punigian troops and Folise opened fire on

capital's largest stores in a renew ‘sie

. that has ‘clained at Teast. 80 lives in the Jast week. ”
“os Violence erupted in the southern part of the north African’ .

~ gountey’ Dec. 20 after the government’ announced it was °

vy doubling the price of bread and incréasing the cost of other —
* glaples. “The violence spread to Tunis on Monday, but the

country was reported quiet Wednesday.

: The government has confirmed only four deaths, all in

. rioting in provincial cities. However, semi-official, sources

‘marshals

sald, ‘he deach toll had.reached 50 or.60.

*'Oodjy’s violetied drkpted around. the ‘Magasin General, a

7 labyrinth of narrow streets and stalls at the entrance to the

old city. of Tunis. It starts at the end of, the sapital’ ‘5 main
street, ‘Averiue Habib. Bourguiba...
‘The security forces used automatic. weapons, ‘teargas

7 grenades. and pistols -to’ drive the: -crowd away from the
. Store: Within minutes, the city centre was almost deserted.
-. It was not known if anyone was killed in today’soutbreak
. in Tunis, but a least three people were ‘known to have been’

: “wounded. A report on thelr conditions was not available. -

: Soldiers took up positions on thé reofs'of buildings in the:

old - city and in neighboring -streets,“Army helicopters

arrived later with more troops and vehicles equipped with |

. machine guns 0 took up positions: in the area.

: shoot at can,

Be : the mere

_ closed,

"and try to bring down’ the administration.

conten @ metal utters, sithoug some Tt
ea ; : ng

an
army troops moved into back up police, calm was Testored : fe
in most areds. fet

On Wednesday right, the. government said widows, or-"";
phans, retired people and invalids -- those most. alfected by"

the price increases — would receive increased welfare*;
benefits. The amount of the Increase was not announced. °
Habib Achour, secretary-gereral of the General Union of :
Tunisian Workers, the only legal: labor organization in”
Tunisia, said a | #eneral strike was possible if the govern-..
ment, did not grant “sufficient” compensation for the U5. -
pet-cent tise in'the price of bread and for price increases,
affecting other. staples.. . ,
“Tunisia is ‘still, under the'state of emergency proclairned
by ‘Bourguiba ‘and ‘all: ‘universities and schools main:

A traveller: who ‘drove through: Stax, ‘the: country" 3 .
economic -capital,. said the Bank of Tunisia had been -
destroyed by fire and a supermarket destroyed ig the riots,
but the city was: calm’ Wednesday. :

Premier Mchamed. Mzali has accused “hostile elements”
of using the prite. increase as a pretext to cause anarchy

Slaetetoienl a

” KEITH ALFORD.
. “HeraldStaff Weiter. ~
" TERRACE—. It: could be. the. ultimate payoff for a
“computer game... ”

- Five million of anything is’ a ints It'sa ‘ot of points, eggs,

’ beavers, ants, people or ping-pong balls, ‘It's especially a
lot when ‘you're talking money.“ -

"> Five million dollars is what this Saturday 1 Jackpot for .

“the 649 lottery was estimated at ' Tuesday: ' The top amount

has already risen to$5.5 million as more tickets are bought

"and it is expected to rise even more before the draw...
> “We're. a-country. of gamblers, " says the’ Co-operators’

“Bill Keenleyside whose insurance office also: sells: the 649
; tickets.

- Be notes with the jackpot going up a few new. people will
“take a chance, but most-of his regular customers are
‘simplying buying more 649 tickets. © -

Keenleyside is not alone in experiencing that, The Daily.
“Herald couldn't get close enough to. talk-to: the other two ,
downtown Terrace:649 outlets. during. ‘Wednesday's lunch

~ ‘pour, ‘The Skeena Mall’s Shefield ang Sons was packed with:
customers choosing thelr numbers ° and’ thé Woolworth’

-outlet: was lined up with an even dozen People clutching
‘their tickets to financial happiness. :

"To play. the game you are giveti a 4x7 inch card on which
‘are printed six “boards” or boxes with, thé numbers one to.
‘49 printed lnside. the larger rectangle. Hence the name 6 -
49. Each set of numbers played costs one dollar, On each
card a: player can spend” from one to aix dollars.

If you miss winning the big prize (obviously a lot of people

o5 little as. $10. The Dec. $1 draw: saw. 952,447 winners .
chosen, but 334,216 of ‘those were for ‘only $10. Three people
avon over & quarter of'a million, =~”.

“. Notall the honey is given back to the players. In fact not
‘even most of it. ‘The “pool” from which the various money
“amounts, are awarded consists of only 45 per cent of the cash
taken in, That's a big cut for-any gambling “house” but in

_this.case the “house”. is the governments: of the western |

~ Canadien, provinces: .
The 649° ‘game would be impossible without compilers.

+ And, these: computer terminals dé it all.

The card the customer fills out is not the actual ticket that.

id looks much like any cash register tape receipt.

lions better double check

‘havesince it is still growlnig) there are smaller ones down to —

cunts when the master computer: spits out the winning :

“ fumbers.. ‘The one, that counts is printed by the terminal

Oo vo AN

“The technology of the whole operation is hi- tech at Ite 1984
peak. it requires no human input at all other than shoving

. the playing card: into a slot, ”

‘The inside of the computer has a series af what appears to
“be little red lights. Those lights “read” the numbers
marked by the customer. The termina! then sends those
_ pumbers to the master computer in Winnipeg. Only when
_ the big computer in Manitoba has received the numbers
does the local computer belch out the customer‘s actual
legal ticket, ‘The time varies between 10 seconds and three

- minutes when a lot of people are playing atonce.

- Butit’s “buyer. beware” when i ite comes to that final thin
- plece of paper... .

The computers have been known to make mistakes,

One’ s first instinct, perhaps based on some school tests,

--is toa toally black out tite little number boxes. However, ,

thereis'no need for that. A simple single! line through them
will auefice.. While a ball point pen is suggested, pencil
seems to work, too, But just as in coloring books it’s best

. not to go: outside the Une, If that happens, . ‘the computer :

- sometimes. “peada’! the wrong number..."

It is up to the purchaser to detect any errors between the .

numbers picked on the card and the ticket the ‘terminal
gives you. . -

- During the Dec. 31 draw, one B, C.. man thought he had
.the winning number: And he did. “But only on his card, not”
_on the actual computer printout ticket. The machine goofed

_ and the human didn’t catch it. That mistake cost the buyer

-a bundie, . Rater

“He's ‘nat the’oaly ‘one. mop e :

Regional District of iltinint-Stikine Director. for Nass.
‘camp Percy Tait was one of the first big losers in 649.

While in Vancouver early in 1983, Tait noticed one of the
new terminals, ‘They didn’t get to-Terrace until April, but
were working-in the lower mainland before that,

. Tait picked his numbers and pald his cash. .

_ Hewon thebig one in excess of a cool! million..: a.

“ Almost,

It seems his ticket did not tive the’ number of the
_ indjvidual terminal.used printed on it, The Western Canada

“Lottery Foundation refused to award him the money and

rolled it over for the next draw.
. The judges decision, as they say, is- final, : ‘
Tt pays to check: those tickets very- carefully.
- Afterall, $5 million is nothing to be careless with, —_

| BEIRUT (AP) — Syria
- and Israel have endorsed a
, proposed security plan- to
separate Lebanon's civil
war... combatants: and
establish a stable ceasefire,
Lebanese officials ‘said
today. "
However, . the! officials
said... President © Amin’
Gemayel ‘will ask that the:

United States, France, Italy:
and. Britain: ° “keep - their: -«:
“in
-, Lebarion in support, of the -

peacekeeping ’ forces

new plan, which will extend

authority. of the government
over, miuch.of the territory.

not-under Syrian or Israeli
contra). :

Reagan © fy .- Gaministration

: aimed:

. government ‘suthority from

* Beirut to less than one-third

of Lebanan’s territory,”
said. the official.

implemented, will make it
possible for.

“The: secutty ‘pian is.
extending

The plan, ‘expected to be:

announced by this weekend,

calls for the establishment
of buffer zones in Beirut’s
embattled: southern  out-
skirts and the neighboring
Chouf. mointains. The.

~ government plans to seek

officials have voiced op:-».:200 observers from Italy

- timism that the proposed 4nd Greece. to police these

plan, even if thoroughly,
. ‘the.
. multinational force to.leave -

‘at any forgeeable future
date. :

‘ Syrian-controiled

_, (WASHINGTON (AP). —_
| Jesse Jackson is working to
. transform his

personal
foreign policy trlumph into

votes and money for his bid-

for . the Democratic
‘presidential nomination. ~.

The civil‘ rights ‘leader ‘

met. with: ‘supporters

: Wednesday to plot strategy, * ~
planning “the next step. to ~

follow his ~ - successfd]

mission to Syria to free a

captive U.S. navigator.”

“It's a bit “early to.
evaluate the impact on the .
"campaign," Jackson sald of
~ his trip that led to. the .
. freeing of U.S. Navy Lieut,
. Robert,

Goodman from

Woman
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A>
whman who set fire to a

Javatory aboard 4 Delta Air -
‘Lines flight’ as it ap.
proached Los Angeles ot

Wednesday was arrested by.

two US. marshals aboard:
the jet, and the blaze was |
quickly extinguished, the _

FBI ssid. :

Audrey Jean Taylor, 31, of
-: Las Vegas,

booked for investigation of :
destroying an aircraft, sald:
FBI spokesman Joli Hoos.’

The ‘incldent occurred.
. aboard Delta Flight 331,
which was carryiig’. 1

Nev,,

passengers — ‘ineluding the.
about 56

waa .

Syrian capltivity.
“Obviously, there is an even

“greater: interest in ‘the

_cimpaign and by a ‘broader
- cross-section of people.”

Overall, : he. said, ‘the.

> Syrian injasion is a plus. for

his... White:
aspitations.-

“The. warin the Middle
Bast" ‘threatens’ ° “all
* America,” he said, “And 80°
to Rave a successful mission
= that’ has attached. to it

House

national honor and-attached —

‘to: If’, some reasonable
display of skill and acumen
- certainly | have some
- positive effects.”

arrested:

Kilometres. east. of | Los:
Angeles — Intetnational
Alrport, en route from.
Dallas. so oe
“During the course of the

. flight, Taylor set fire to. a

lavatory on the’ aircraft
whiclr was extinguished by -
the crew,” Hoos sald. “Two
US. ‘marshals aboard the
¥ * flight: assisted the crew tind

. plated Taylor ‘in Abel:

custody. aan
Sho'was turned over wine
Fat at the airport: *:!
; Delta. spokesman * Jim
Ewihg in Atlanta ‘sald the
‘fire “scorched” one of two"
” Javatories at the rear of the
Boelng 727.

‘of

Asked if he'had ‘any other
missions in mind, Jackson |
replied: me
“Til beon my way: to New
Hampshire on Friday.” .
Jackson : ‘will. ‘be one of
several >: Democratic
presidential "candidates .
‘addressing a weekend:
.conferencée on: acid rain. .
He ‘moved quickly.
_ Wednesday... te . turn... his
Syrian success : into: new...
campalgn contributions.
Ata campaign rally. at the

Shiloh’ Baptist Church, he .
-collected more than $25,000".

in cheques and pledges. with -
promises from several of
the 900 supporters present °
. to ralge at Teast _ $30,009
more.

PARTIES PLANNED »

And, taking’ leaf toma .

the campalgn strategies. of
opponents such as former -

vice-president | ' Waltey!
Mondale, Jacksori Yan
nounced «a ~~ Freedom ‘

Weekend Jani 14 and 15 to”

raise at least $1 million with.
parties timed to coiticide -
with the first full-scale ‘-
debate. “among the -
-‘Demacratic ‘candidates

On: Jan; 18, “all eight it US, policies.

Deriocratic candidates will

, wcbe on: hand ‘lb Hanover, -:
NLH., for a: debate spon.

sored by the’ rou
Representatives’: mo
‘rati¢ Caucus, the tat of

many - debates scheduled * ;

Jackson continues election. bid

"during the primary season:

Jackson's — late-starting
‘eampaiga: fieedsevery boost
it can get, for the logistical:
and: ‘financial : problems he
+ faces are’ : Substantial, The
“Towa precinct © “Caucuses .
-open the season. in Jess than
two months - ‘on Feb, 20, .
"followed - “by New Hamp-
~ ghite’s ~ firaten- the-U.5.
- preliminary - + popularity
contest on’ ‘Feb. 2B.

- Jatksori has, yet to file
* qualifying papers showing
he has raised the minimum
amounts”. ” necessary ‘for’
federal: matehing funds. =

Jackson“: admitted
“Wednesday his mission to
Syria posed: a risk to his

, campaign.

“Narrowly “ponceived,
this mission was 4 political
risk,” he ~ “told a' church
service Wednesday. “But it
was hota fiaral risk. It was
‘the right thing to do." -

' He said the boriibing in

_ Beirut. ‘that, ‘killed 241 U.S.
’ marines showed the central
role ‘of what,he calls “the
- gainbow.*. coalition” -

acks,' Hisparics, women
and other minorities — play

af ooo

“When. those soldiers

“wera killed in Beruit, they -

were black and white,

‘Hispanic ‘and poor,” said
“Jackson, who |g black. “It
_ Was indeed an explosion of

the rainbow.”

. plan: will eventually mean: -

zones, ...:..

U‘S, Marines can be — “We are ‘still far away
renioved from Beirut. _ from the Ultimate objective
“But one Lebanese official,” of exteriding'state authority -

to northern, “eastern and
* goutherh; ' * Lebanon," the
official sald.

Who, spoke on condition: he. -
not. be. named, said: “It is’
ws to. assume: that the

People evacuated

-_YANCOUVER (CP) — “About 200. ‘people evacuated in
Princeton : when heavy rain and ‘warm.’ temperatures
combined to‘create a flooding hazard returned to their
homes in the southern Interior town today ag.) water levels 1 in.
creeks and rivers subsided. —

sInthe Hope area, about 160 kilometres ent of here, about

20 evacuated families were advised lt was sale’ bo return to:

their homes,
Meantime, Chilliwack RCMP said | the situation ‘also had

“improved throughout the Fraser Valley.
Torrential rains, combined with melting. ice and snow,

had Princeton residents fearing the worsl, as emergency . J
officiafs predicted high crests of water to come rushing

‘Gow the Similkameen and ‘Tulameen Hvers towards the
community.

“Blut by the time the flood crests reached the town, water -

‘levels had. subsided and no damage was reported.

The rain abated during the evening but_not before about
17 millimetres (six inches) of rain fell in some parts of the
Interior. Less than a third of that amount fell in Vancouver
‘and the Fraser Valley but Environment Canada was
“predicting more heavy rains in southwestern B.C. today.

a Slides and washouts also forced closure of two major
“highways leading to Vancouver. There was no immediate
indication when traffic would resume on the Trans-Canada
_ Highway between Hope, 150 kilometres east of Vancouver,

end Chilliwack, 30 kilometres west of Hope, and Highway 4

‘between Hope arid Princeton, further to the east.

However, Highway % between Agassiz and Hope, was

pened.

* §quamish RCMP salda yellow’ alert issued for Highway

‘fa Which runs north from Vancouver to the ski resort of
“Whistler was 110 longer in effect. .

. Méanwhile,‘ Blackcomb ‘and Whisller Mountains
“Feopened to sklers today after being closed because of rain
and warm weather.

Lebanon's ‘northern and :
eastern regions: are held by..
the Syrian’ army, and Israel.
occupies. ‘the Soith. _and
southeast.

“The Israeli occupation .
‘forces have been coming
under. escalating guerrilla
attacks.’ On Wednesday,
Israeli jets ‘pounded «pro-
Iranian guerrilla -bases in
cthe “ Bekaa ‘Valley and
“Lebanese state radio
reported nearly 100 people

“Khomeini's

of
revoiution.

"Sheik: Mohammed Mehdi

" Shamseddisi " acting
‘president of the Higher

Shiite Religious Council,
‘and other Moslem leaders

vowed to. escalate
resistance to the . Israeli

army in southern Lebarion,
‘which has a predominantly

Shiite population, -

A mine, blew up. in Sidon
today as an Israeli patra}

were killed ‘and. 400 woun-" was passing, but . m

ded. oo - ; casualties were ‘reported,
‘It was the second Israeli’ | Lebanese Prime Minister

‘attack. in two- days onthe Shafik... :Wazzan _ said

guerrilla’ bases in the
valley.
Radio and police reports
said 16 jets struck villages
around Baalbek anda police .
station: and a‘.
vocational school at the

former .

Tuesday - his government
and leaders of the principal .

warring factions are near
agreement 'on the proposed
security plan, which calls for
‘an end to fighting in Beirut's
Shiite-populated | southern

southern entrance to the suburbs and. the neigh-
ancient ‘city. boring Druse-inhabited
“The | “Tsreeli “military Chouf mountains.
command said the targets "One feature of the plan
were two guerrilla bases might be the designation of

used as training camps and -

‘Yaunching pads for anti-
Israeli attacks.” _
HIT STRONGHOLDS -

Most of the targets were
strongholds of the Tslamic -
Amal Movement and the
Hezbollah Lebanese
extremist groups' whose

‘ficial, who

the Beirut airport as a

neutral: zone, said one of- ©
Insisted on

- anonymity.

Most of the 1,600 ‘US.

. Marines in Lebanon as part

of the multinational
peacekeeping force are

based at the alrport. If the ©

members «are Shiite airport is declaréd a neutral
Moslems. They are sup- zone, the marines could be
ported by Iranian deployed elsewhere or

Revolutionary. Guards who
preach Ayatollah Ruhollah

possibly withdrawn onto

' U.S, warships offshore. -

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