OTTAWA.
. ‘Inflation leaped to 5.9 per’
; centin | January from 4. Bper.

ESE BCC DAES EE TF ET 8 aR eect

(cP)

cent: in December, raising ~

‘the: inflation ratée up ‘to its’
_ highesi level since August.

' vegetable prices caused ‘by

‘the

~ prices’ last’ month were

lower"

. per cent in November.

~ monthly survey of prices.in

fears that those who have
sacrificed so much to: get
inflation down: may: now. be~

: asked Ao sacrifice more, 4

* Statistica Canada today
‘blamed. a sharp | 16.7-per-
‘cent’ jump in “fresh:

4 December cold spell in the’
United States for’ pushing’

Joe. Reid, Progressive
Conservalive deputy con-
sumer. critic, noted ‘it was‘
second - consecutive
monthly - increase in: the
inflation rate, an ominous -
sign. that-was due more ta:
bad : government’ thant bad”
weather. ©. -

Té-it-hadn*t been tor’ put:
Christmas” sales the rate
would have been: even,

"higher, the St.: Catharines

MP said. Those safes won't
be on in the coming mionths;..

Inflation must:be reduced Q
or the sacrifice of the?still
1.5 million unémployed ‘and °.
others ‘will. have been.‘in
vain, he. said, |

However: Reid: stopped d
short::-of- ‘saying what a"
Conservative... government.
would ido, noting only. that
his party. is working on a
secret plan which. it. would

beready to implement ‘when
elected. .
Nelson’ ‘Riis, 7 ‘New

Democratic Party ‘finance -

-critic; said he fears’ those

who: have already made’a
tremendous sacrifice may
be asked by the government
fo make even more.
The: . Kamloeps-Shuswap _
MP said. he hopes.that the .
inflation. increase is short-
term..and that Bank’. of.
Canada Governor Gerald:
Bouey sees it that way too

and’ doesn't start: raising |

interest rates.
The government should
bring in tough competition
Jaws which would help keep
the’ lid. on. Anflation, and.
revamp ‘its’ energy policies .

_Whigh aig still. eontribating: ore

to.iniflation,. Hespald cetrgierrest

Lalondeti: in): hia: cbudgetu.
speech predicted inflation ”.
will gradually edge
downwards but higher food-
price inflation will slow that
decline: |

However Lalonde pointed
to a drought in corn and
soya bean growing areas of
the United” States as the
culprit while the: latest -
increase was due to cold —
weather in the salad-—
vegetable growing areas of
the“ southeastern United,
States” ;

That ‘suggests _ithat
Canada haa. yel to feel the
food -price. - ‘inflation the
minister’ was talking about.

MAKES PREDICTION

Lalonde predicts inflation
will ° ‘average 5.2 per cent’
this year, down from the 11-.
year-low of 5.8 per cent last
year, |

Inflation will then edge up
to3.3 per cent in 1985, slip to
48 per,cent in 1986, 4.5 per .
centin 1997 and move up to -
4.6 per cent in 1988, he says.

Adding; to increased

higher. transportation costs.
and.to a lesser extent in-"
creased: housing - charges, .
Statistics Canada said.

Giving the yeartoyear :
rate’a further boost was an-
abnormal decline In
gasoline prices in‘January
19839 caused by now-ended .
gasoline price wars and a
reduction in a federal tax —
levied ‘at the pumps and
used to help defray the cost .
of importing forelgn oil.

Slowing the increase
during the month "were
elothing prices,
reflecting . post-Chriatmas
sales and lower fares for
holiday package tours,

The inflation rate is up_
from the li-year low of 4.2.

The rate is based m8 7

a fixed, shopping list: of
hundreds of consumer items
from meat and cigarettes to
home. . heating -and = alr
travel;’::

The index is based on 100
points being equal - to the
average price for these
Items in “1981. In January
the index was 120.2, up from
119.6 in December and 14.1 :
in Jahaury 1983,

That means the same

4

‘geoda and services priced at Pat another way,
$100 -in. 1961. had. risen toy.”
*°$120,20° in. January fran’
$119,60° in December and

bee) in’ January 4 4953.

the.

consumer dollar has shrunk
to 83.2 cents from 83.6 cents
in December and 81.6. ‘cents

- Ron (Hoss) Emmonsof Terrace would like to thank -

_ the Thornhill Fire Department and the Terrace Fire
Department for their efforts on his behalf when his |
trailer was recently gutted by fire.

. . He said that people in general were very kind and q
helpful to him during his need and he would like to .
- thank:every one of them.

‘Psalm.112 verse seven was especially meaningful :
to Hoes, “Bad.news shail have no terrora for him.
. beeause his heart ia steadfast, trusting in the Lord”. ;
(NEV)

“Forster co-workers. of, John MeSweyn at, Terrace ;

"Guiding Service, ‘Penticton beaches, Coritact Jobn. -
" MeSweyn, No. 43, 1484. Duncan St, Penticton B.C,
_ Reasonable Rates. $63 per day or $4 week. Sh e
* MeSweyn, employed by Transport Canada, has
~ beet transferred to Penticton Alrport, : wes
ae ' . '
Jim Dutty: of. ‘Wightman and Smith: Really in
- Terrace has won the Highest Contributing -
.. Salesperson Award In 1999 from‘ thie Northwest Real,”
». Estate Board. ‘The, area includes Kitimat and Prince |
Rupert.
- Dick. Evans be Block Brothers Realty in Terrace -
was second highest and Laurie Forbes of ‘Wightman
- and Smith came third. an
“In the second quarter of 1582, Laurie Forbes won"
the Top Selling Salesperson District award. for
’ Century 21; The. District stretches from Williams:
Lake to Prince Rupert. . Jim Dutty won each quarter |
_ for. 1068,

s

Vie- and Eleanor Froése have just arrived home )
from Hawali where they spent five weeks relaxing, fe
but not always in the sun.

Some of their time was spent attending a hockey
:tournament: ‘Teams from 3.C.. were playing -in-
~ duding one from Kamloops. ‘The Canadian teams did-
very well,

“Hockey i on the Hawaiian. islands is quite new,”
Eleanor said, ‘and it is-quite popular.” | (Going to .
Hawaii would be an excellent way to shorten the four .
‘monthperied between January & and March.) -

; The world of art: It is nice to see support for young
artists developing in‘B.C.
The third biannual exhibition, an outreach, of the
. Emily Carr College of Art and Design; Vancouver,
was in Terrace Art Gallery from Jan. 30 to Feb.-11: Jt.
evap: comprehensive: including-works-from-atudents:. -
ny agedivetods years; using all kinds of color mediums.
no) Penny. Golldstqne;: professor, ,vieyel, art-program :.,
UBC, Department of Education, and member of the
Provincial Advisory Committee said: ‘We have been
_ encouraged by the continued participation in this
exciting project by so many young people and
. teachers throughout B.C. in a year when economic
restraints in the educational system threalened. to
- dampen enthusiasm for the atts.”
_ ‘They have several co-sponsors and thousands of
viewers have come to see the exhibitions. Comers.
would not have gone away disappointed as the .
sparkling range - of childrens 5 Imagination is very
refreshing. .

I will be discontinuing. -this column on, a regular
-hasis at the end of February. Anyone interested in
writing a weekly human-interest column contact the
editor, the Daily Herald.

a
4
i

a -yéar ago.
purchasing. ‘power “of, they"

: following a smaller ‘increase

" Kitinigt Ajeport haveireceived this bulletin from him:: [>

‘Elie |
a Gemayer S- _Beceptance . of:

. Lebanese
_ tillerymen. defending the
~ ‘presidential, -
 seburban |, _ Baabda were’

- of: the
-' station said army bom"
_ bardment
ic strongholds around the town °
. of Souk ‘el-Gharb’ had”
_. resumed alter a brief lull at
dawn,

_ militias in’ two weeks have”
©. routed Gemayel’s shattered
| --army from nearly all‘of the-':

“The substantial rfse} y ‘the

" Quebee to an Incienee of 0.9.
‘per cent in St. John’s, Nid...

inflation tate last. month,

in December,’ ‘ended ia. six
nionth' slide which began
‘Jutie when the rate: Was, ap
per cent. | _ 7

Last month's consumer,
price - changes in cities -
. ‘surveyed ranged, ‘from ‘a
‘decline: of 0.2 ber cent .

The . following - .

+ fin
bracketa). :
“St. John’. 3, Nfid:,. x5 (a, 4).

‘ -Charlottetown- Summer--

Bide; 4.7 (3,8), m a .

Halifax, 5.4 (5.0), -
‘Saint John, N.B., ?. ry (6, 6).

a te then Gallant ALLA el BB td RE

Y table _
~eompares ‘the’ anriual, in-
“flation rate in January ith
- the: December | “rate.

“Quebee, 3 0 4 a).
"Montreal, 5.1. (4.3)...
-Oltawa, 6.3 (5.6).
“Toronto, 6.5'(4.4),
‘Thamder" Bay: Onty Cy A

7 (5.0),
. “Winnipeg, 6. 4 (4, vio

Regina, 6.2 (5.8).
Saskatoon, 5.6 (5.6),

. ‘Edmonton, 4. 5 (4.5)

_ Calgary, 3.3 (3,1).
‘Vancouver, 48 4 1. ,

““Gemayel to. scrap plan

“BEIRUT . (AP)
Lebanese President . Amin,
Gemayel has ag ‘to

| scrap his security pact with .

Israel, as part of d Lebanese «
peace «plan, _ Lebanon's”

'. foreign. minister: said'today.
Gemayel’'s ‘foes. answered :

the - | Offer
barrages “
* Christian: East Beirut: ‘en +
‘clave, 02 a
President 0 ‘Reagan, ;

‘meanwhile, .. “ordered US.

Marines to begin pulling out.

of Beirut, this weekend...
Before | Foreign Minister
: Salem. announced.

“eight-point, Saudi-

” sponsored peace proposals,"

the Lebanese‘ opposition had
rejected it. ;
“army = ar-.

palace in’

trading fire today with’.
Druse Moslem rocket crews -
in: the nearby ° hills that

 ‘qverlook “the U,S, marine’:

base at Beirut airport. -°
Police said at least five |

-elviliang were killed and 13
“wounded ‘in the artillery

exchanges. The Druse Voice
Mountain © radio’.

- of Druse '

Druse and Shiite Moslem:

central mountaing} front ‘ithe si

> owestern“half 6f "tie" ‘capital’

and from the crucial edastal
highway south of Belrut.-

‘ENDORSES PLAN ©

As a result, Gemayel

endorsed the Saudi peace

plan, which calls nol only

_for the scrapping of the May

17, 1983, agreement between

‘Lebanon and Israel, which ,
- provided --for..a - gradual

Israeli: troop’: withdrawal

” from Lebanon, but also for a

“security plan” to put-an ”
immediate «stop \ to “the

“Lebanese factional fighting”
= and..

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‘Teporters,: Feferred~to: the
: “balanced proposal" |

‘and Israel, But Syria has

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“the “Lebanese insurgents,

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the: Saudi-mediated peace —
plan “too little, too late.”

_'with Gemayel and held the
. president responsible for a
‘deadly army bombardment ;

” SEEKS APPROVAL -

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* minister, * ‘Prince: Saud al-

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- Gemayel apposition forces.

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“Salem; “speaking * “with, "
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in- |:
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alwdys insisted Israel’ with-
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ere was no. official .
reaction’ from either. Syria -
. Abrogation of “the :

Lebanon-Israel agreement
had been a key demand of-:

‘But Druse leader Walid
‘Jumblatt, who has. been
calling for Gemaydl to
resign and be: tried “for
against .- ‘the
Lebanese people,’ eailed ;

_Nebih Berri, leader of the
antl-Gemayel Shiite militia .
Amal, said he was not in- ‘-.
-terested in reconciliation’

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“age. tt mo

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