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* MONTREAL (CP) = k sa.Neai-ald- ‘Laval: t ue; uo
- schoolteacher was killed instantly Sunday atthe. entrance
‘to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris when a woman. making! a
suicide leap fell on her froni, the tower above; "5
| Johanne’ Pelletier was about. to enter the: eathedral with
her sister Francine, 24, oni:a: ’ guided tour, when the 4-year:
old French woman plunged from the’4e-metrehightower pf
the l2th-century cathedral- and alammed into: the grow
below, killing Pelletier Instantly’
*.. ‘The French! woman, ‘Veronique: Siala Burdon; dled .
So shortly after in hospital; A French man‘and woman. stan-
* “ding in the crowd were also’ slightly, injured, vot
The victim’s- parents, ’. Claude and Laure Pelletier,
brother, Claude, and another ‘sister, Luce, ‘could “hardly _
helieve the news when Francine telephoned them Sunday ~
morning from Paris police headquarters, . oa
. “Our daughter Johanne, ‘who lived 80 clese-to. ‘us, goes
- away to die on the square of Notre Dame de. Paris. You
. always think'this ‘sort of régk a¢cident happens: te: ‘otliers.

,, We hope that | her sister, who was close by her, Ss. not too. |
distraught. °°:
: “WeJeel 80 far away, 80 helpless, that it's very difieut to
keep calm.” a
Pelletier ‘aid, “Francine seemed ve very calm to us, but I'm
- J afraid she is suffering a. lot, along in.a hotel room in'Paris.
“Foriunately, the Canadian Embassy. assured. us ‘that |
someone is ‘taking care of her.” ~
'. Johanne. spent her weekends with her parents ‘in Laval
and spent’ weekdays at Saint-Charled-dur-Richeliew, where.»
she had taught Grade 3'children for the past:ix-yebre..
_ Claude Pelletier sald daughter ‘Luce left Sunday night to
join her younger sister and look atter the details of bringing,
back. the body. . :
Police said’ Stalla-Bourdillon: dliribed over a rail on the .
first platform of the tower andthen jumped tothe pavement
below.’ Te
“She was: crying ‘and seemed very depressed; " sald a
. Spanish tourist who’ was on the platform... ~
- * _Johanne’s ‘parents fiad: themselves visited ‘the 12th- ~
“ gentury cathedral only: a Ww. weeks. go, prior, to their

daugtiters’ trip. Claude Pelletier aaid it was Johanne’s first — Terrace Jaycee president Ben Smyth presents: a $100 ‘cheque to Kriss
Clement.and Jim Highe for the handicapped soccer team Sponsored by
‘the Special, Recreation Development Program. © The Jaycées raised the.

long trip. The two sisters had been in Paris since June 3.

' “They had ‘been ‘planning : this” trip for-a a year,” said

; “Laure Pelletier, crying. “They: were supposed to. pame pack
‘next "Thursday: ‘and we" had ‘Blanied "on: telebr

. (Johanne's) birthday, . x i uns a
She wrote to us often; telliig’ ta that-ahe waren anetrip 1
* -afherdreams:"Shersaid aha eepecly 6 rgermoreporteards “”
already. sent: by: her: ‘daughter. ---.:
.. Her parents described ‘Johanne: as: a dedicated teacher
_ who spent her weekends: preparing her courses. *
Twenty-three people have committed suicide by ‘Sumpinig
. fromthe cathedral-since.it was ‘completed:in 1190, The last
timea’ bystander was killed in a suicide attempt wasin 1964,
when.a. 22-year-old American woman was killed by a 50-
year-old French woman. :
Four other Canadians,” teenage’ girls, ‘rom the Ottawa
area, were killed July 2 26 in southern’ France in a train

U. S. ‘troops begin
new. manoeuvres |

“ TEGUCIGALPA ° (Reuter) ead The biggest ‘military

manoeuvres held in Central: America are set to begin today .
_as the first of 5,600 U.S. ground troops lands in Honduras.

The so-called. Big Pine IL exercises, lasting from. six to
eight months, will involve 11,400 U.S. and Honduran ground
troops and 16,000 military personnel aboard: 19. ‘warships
cruising off Nicaragua’s Pacific ‘and Caribbean coasts..

The manoeuvres, at nirst called routine by Washington,
are acknowledged by Pentagon sources to be ‘a display of
U.S. rapid deployment capability and military might. | -

They have been sharply criticized by metmbers ‘of —

Congress and Latin American diplomats: who. say the ,
manoeuvres run counter to efforts fora peaceful dialogue to
resolve the region’s ‘conflicts.

Honduran’ armed forces’; spokesman Col. Cesar Elvir
Sterra told reporters Saturday the operations. were “a clear ~
warning’’ to’ Nicaragua, which Washington accuses of

trying to export Marxist revolution to its U.S, “allled neigh-
bors. | — .
' The Hondufan government says the aim. of, the exercises
is to improve Honduras’s self-defence capabllity..But, one |
military source told Reuteira news agency the United States.
would derive the main benefit by. gaining experience in,
conducting operations in the region. - .

All four branches of the. U.S. armed: forces will. par-
ticipate in the war gates, whieh are set to last until
January or. March. .. a

C-14i transport planes, will start bringing troops today to
‘the coastal cities of San Pedro Sula-and La Ceiba; where»

engineers will set -up:training camps, barracks cand a.
provisional 6¢-bed hospital, tailitary sources ‘sald.:

They expected the cost qf the manoeuvres to far ex.

"ceed" the $5 million Spent : the Big Pine. f operation In
, February.
The games will includé a 2,000: amphibious landing
by the U.S. Marines in Noveniber, Honduran training in
conventional warfare tactics from 70 Green Bérets, air’
strikes by 100 U.S. fighter pilots and 106mm howitzer use by...
370 U.S. artillerymen, the sources said. ‘

The United States plans to build anew radar station in thie
strategic Gulf of Fonseca, whose waters are shared by
Nicaragua, El Salvador. and Hénduras, : and improve |
Honduran airstrips to accommodate C-120 transport planes.

Nicaragua claims the United States is setting up troops
for an invasion, but Elvir Sierra dismissed the idea. He
said: "The manoeuvres In no way constitute 4 threat to
Nicaragua.” But he added that “undoubtedly : such a
movement carries a message.”

Nicaraguan junta. chief Dantel ; ‘ortega sald Friday
although his leftist government was confident of a ‘solution

through dialogue his people would ‘prepare for the aorst.””

A Soviet ship anchored last week in Nicaragua's Corinto
‘Bay left today for an undiscieaed dest{nation, port officials
told reporters. a rn

‘DUBLIN (AP) _ Police

‘captured’ ‘five of seven
would-be kidnappers in a
bloody gunbattle ss they

neared the mansion of their -
intended ‘victim; a. Toronto .

. billionaire ‘who was in

' England playing polo with
Prince Charles at: the time.

The intended victim was

Galen Weston, 42, chalrman

‘of the Loblaws supermarket.

-empire and vice-president
of the exclusive Fortnum,
and’ Mason’ gourmet ‘food

store In London, police said. - .
_ Twoof. the assailants, one
- gf whom was believed to -

have . been . wounded,
escaped into the woods on

the 9%-hectare Roundwood |
Park estate and remained °
at large today, police said. |

They said four of the cap-

tured men were ‘wounded in -
the crossfire, in which more.
“than 100 shots: were® flred.*'
- None. of the policemen: |
‘who had staked out: “the

estate were hurt. - .

: Police sources blamed the.
“attempt on the. outlawed *”
Provisional Irish
Republican Army, fighting -
-lo drive the Pritish* out: of '
‘neighboring: Northern
Ireland, The BBC said the .

IRA’s Marxist offshoot, the «

‘Irish National . ‘Liberation
Army, was behind the raid.
Ag. of this morning, ne group .

-had “claimed - responsibility :

* for the attempted ‘Aid-
napping. :

Newspapers ‘said “the:
.. family: of- one of. Canada’s :
wealthiest men.apparently.
had. been warned - to stay
away from the. estate by. ..
police alter being ; tipped
about the | abduction. at-
tempt. But Weston’ said
iqter: “I haven't been near
_ Roundwood

Park. *> for:
‘months, "
‘Af the time of” the -
shootout, : Weaton was

playing ‘polo at Windsor,

near. the Queen's suimmer °
rétreat, on a. team that

includes Charles,
Weston fell: off -his-horse
during. the. mateh. Sunday
‘and sustained a, hip: “frac:
_ ture, but was, ‘treated at
hospital arid teleaned,

‘Police armed. with’: ‘mub- n
machine-guns. were at. the .
. estate awaiting the would-

be kidnappers, Newspapers
reported that police put
lights on in. the, empty
mansion overnight ‘bo give
the impression the Westons
were at home.”

PLANTED’ DECOY CAR

~The BBC said police also
‘planted a ‘decoy car at the
estate to, flirther: the: im-
‘pression the Westons. were
‘there. Police declined to
* comment on the report. |
“ A police spokesman said
police agents challenged the
masked guninen as. they
approached the park, once
the home of former Irish
’ President. Sean 0’Kelly,

7 located 45 kilometres south:

of Dublin: |

- §he gunmen ‘opened fire.
Police fired back, catching
the gang ‘In ‘a_ crossfire.
Police.said more than 100
rounds were fired in the
gunbattle,

‘the republic in ‘two ‘years.
_-Three .of ‘the wounded
;gunmen were reported in
“gerious - _condition at a

- hospital ‘near Dublin. The |

fourth gunman was shot in
the head. and © vinderwent
Surgery at a Dublin hospital
where .officiais ‘said: his
_Sondition was “critical.”
— A fifth man was arrested
at the scene,
Detectives with - ‘racking

company . of .

‘one of the.
bicodiest~ ‘exchanges bet-—
“eween gutimen.and police in

dogs trailed the other two.
.™men, one bleeding: badly,

through: the - surrounding

woodlands and ‘recovered |
‘several automatic weapons.

‘Weston is president of
George Weston Ltd., the
Toronto-based -. parent
Associated
British’ Foods Co., “which
operates a “supermarket,
chain: in Britain and
Ireland.

The
empire,

business
sprawls

Weston
which,

‘across four continents and

is said to be worth $7.5
billion, includes Loblaw Co.
Ltd, E.B. Eddy Forest
Products and — British
Columbia Packers.

> Sunday's '
attempt was the latest in a

kidnapping .

.

money . by their Trades: Fair” and . the’. Miss Terrace Pageant. _

TERRACE—Skeena Broadcasting is
another step closer to putting its FM: radio
station on the air—while its. newsroom -
seems to be leaving in mass.’

-CJFW—FM ° ‘has completed -
installation of ‘a $125,000 metican
computer which can do everything from.
flicking the “on air” switch tobrewing the .

morning. coffee.

Bryan Edwards, vice- -president of 5
’ operations, says the.computer can do. the - -
manual duties of a disc-jockey; but will be
used at selected times only and always
with a regular anziouncer present. =.
Meanwhile, major changes are coming
. in both the present AM radio, TV, and
" soon-to-be FM TK newsrooms,
Conttary~ to earlier announcements, -: ’
_ veteran Terrace reporter Sher’ Morgan
will not be taking over the position of news
director on‘FM. Rather Doug Smith of .
. TK'S Prince Rupert station will be doing.
that. Morgan: will only move her highly -
a respected “Profile” radio show from AM
: to FM. : ;

‘Deficit

OTTAWA (CP) — The government: spent :
almost $2. 9 billion more than it earned in —
April, up from the $2.7-billion, deficit
= recorded in® April, 1982, the’ Finance ,

” Department said today, ==
_ Figures outlining the government's
financial operations for the first month of’
the 1983-84fiscal year show Ottawa spent
- $5,811 billion in April. and took in $2.922

billion.

‘By: - eomparisan:

Rescuers ‘searched for
more victims in Baalbek’s
central market today as

- residents of-.the ancient

‘Lebanese city “staged a

general atrike to protest a

‘ car-bomb explosion that

killed © 35 - people
wounded 133.

Most of the dead were
buried in a mass grave
before sundown Sunday, six
hours after a car loaded
with 100 kilograms of ex-
plosives . devastated the
crowded market in the

and

predominantly Shiite
.Meslem city of 40,000
’ inhabitants.

mounting wave of crimes in -

the: Irlsh republic _ that
authorities havé blamed on
Guerrilla groups seeking to

fill their war chests.”

‘The “, -predmoninantly
Roman Catholic IRA and
Provisional IRA have been-
battling for about 14 years
to unite ‘British-ruled
Northern Ireland, which has
a’ Protestant majority, with:
the overwhelmingly
Catholic Irish republic.
TRA guerrillas have
staged robberies and kid-
nappings: in Ireland and
Northern Ireland to finance,
their activities. '

Mulroney ‘silent’

: VANCOUVER (CP) — Progressive; Conservative Leader

“Brian Mulroney gays his party supports universal health

care but.he continually held back ‘Sunday from offering an
answer to the health care dispute between ‘Ottawa and somé

provinces, °

Mulroney, who is seeking a House of Commons seat in lhe

: Aug. 20: byelection’in the Nova Scotia riding. of Centrat

. Nova, skirted reporters’ questions in Alberta and Van-
., couver on his, firat trip to the Weat sinte becoming party

leader.

‘In Aiberta, he dismissed federal Health Minister Monique

". Begin’ 8 criticisms of. him.

_ “Mrs. Begin is a nice person, but ahe should have her
mouth -washed out with soap,” the ‘Tory: leader told
reporters, ata Ukrainian festival ory Kilometres east of

:, Edmonton,

‘Begin has chastised the Conservatives and Mulroney in
_ particular for not clearly stating their position on the future
of mediearé, which ls expected to be a major issue when the ,
.. provincial premiers meet later: ‘this week,

Ottawa. has threatened to withhold payments from

4 provinces which charge hospital user fees to offset rising

health care costs,

‘

Schools, shops and banks
were closed today in a ‘day

of mourning" called by city .
leaders and the local pro-_
Iranian militia that-runs the:
city in eastern Lebanon's.

Syrian-controlled
valley, police said. .
_ It was the second deadly
car bombing in Syrian-
controlled ~ Lebanese

Bekaa

_ territory in a three-day

span. A remote-controlled

" car,bomb destroyed a Sunni

Mosiem mosque in, the

northern city of Tripoli

during. midday prayers

Friday, killing at least 20

worshippers. oe
“The — wandering
massacre hits . Baalbek,”’
said the front-page ‘headline
of Lebanon’s leading in-
dependent newspaper An-
‘Nahar-today,.
Premier Shafik. Wazzan

- ‘said the Baalbek and Tripoli
‘bombings were ‘part. of a

“plan by foreign hands that
seek ‘to rekindle interrtal
strife in Lebanon whenever
aray ofhope for the nation’s
salvation. appears."

But despite the © two

+ bombings im its sector of

“Lebanon and despite the

urgings of U.S. spectal

envoy Robert McFarlane, —

Syria said its _ Lebanese-

based troops will stay put.

' McFarlane, ‘who is con-
ferring with Saudi Arabian
leaders today, met with

- Syrian - President Hafez

Assad in Damascus on
Sunday to discuss efforts to

cn

government.
periditures. in April, 1982, totalled $5,304.
billion; while 1 cevenues were $2,605 billion. |

: Anaé- projected 2 a" total:
‘detlett govern $i. jeer for the current fistal
year, bit - Finance Departement officials

Monday; August 6,.1983

-CFTK plans FM
land. new newsroom

Herald Staff Writer -

‘on Aug. 19, TK's AM and TV newsroom :

will be vitually gutted as both Phil Menger °
and Karl Johnston Jeave Terrace for the
sunny south. That will make TK's student

employee, Chris Gudgeon “the. senior

ples.

‘ newsmah.* He. is scheduled to- return to;
classes. the following week, se
Rick Webber, no relation to owner and , i
-Skeena Broadcaster president J.” Fred- oF
‘Weber, has arrived in town and- will ‘be’
a taking over a6 ne reader.on Aug. 22,
In addition, TK will be getting a person '
from Montreal to take over double duties, -
He will read the AM news in the morning *
and act as a-saleaman in the afternoon.
-All these changea should be cemented by
“October when the stereo country. music
_ FM station goes on the air." CJFW: will use.
five transmitters and be heard at different |
points on the band through the region. |
In Terrace turn to 103.3 on the FM dial.-
In. Kitimat, and" ‘the ‘Queen ‘Charlotte -
Islands, the number will be 92.9 . In Prince.
Rupert, CIFW will be found at ‘101. 9."
Skeena Broadcasters cable systems will
~ also carry the new station. .

| increases _

sald it is too early to say. vihether ‘the ‘

foreeast is on track. ‘ :
‘The officials said they. require’ four’ or

’ five months worth of statistics before they

’ cansée a pattern developing because there
‘are so many variations from month ‘to
month on both the spending and revenue -

Meantime, the government will release -

later this month. a preliminary figure on

“Ox- .

yemove forelgn forces from
Lebanon.

‘After the session, a Syrian
spokesman reaffirmed his
government's opposition to
the Lebanese-Israeli troop
withdrawal accord. He said
the pact, signed May 17, ‘‘is

_ being imposed on Lebanon”

and “transforms. Lebanon
into an Israeli protec-

‘torate.”

McFarlane, who made no‘
statement ~-after meeting
Assad, flew to Jidda, Saudi
Arabia, for talks with King
Fahd. .Saudi-- Arabia is
Syria’s main — financial:

-backer, ‘and McFarlane is

expected to urge Fahd to
bring. pressure on the

Syrians.to help defuse the

critical. situation In
Lebanon. °

A group ‘calling itself the
Front for the Liberation of

Lebanon from Foreigners .

claimed responsibility’ for

‘Sunday's blast. in Baalbek
-and warned such attacks

would continue. “until. no
foreigner is left on Lebanese
soil.”

The blast: ‘demolished a
coffee shop ‘in the ‘market

_¢entre and devastated the .
° surrounding area. :

-months of:

the deficit for the last fiscal year, which.
_ was estimated to be about #25. 25 billion in

; ste’ ea tisca =:
’ year ‘will be tabled in the Commons S00,
after it resumes on Sept. 12,

Lebanese protest explosion

efor

Police sald most of the
casttalties were Lebanese
civilians — merchants ‘and

~ residents of the low-income

neighborhood — but . that

two Syrian soldiers were ..

among the victims. — .

The front, which claimed
the bombing in a call.to the
Beirut office of a French
news agency, has taken

responsibility for a series of -

bomb. attacks almed
chiefl6,o$Syrian and
Palestinian targets. Its

Political affiliation is not
known.

Baalbek, like the rest of.

the northern Bekaa valley,

has been. under Syrian -
‘control since 1978, when the |
Syrian

atmy entered
‘Lebanon to -police a
ceasefire that ended 18
’ Christian-
Moslem civil war.

. Syria has deployed up to
50,000 troops in northern
and eastern Lebanon. They
face an estimated 28,000

_ Israeli .troops who have

been in southern and central
Lebanon since the June,
1982, ‘invasion against
Palestinian guerrilla
strongholds.

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