a PPR age ete ne Pe peers ee Fe Oe eee ee a * TEHRAN (CP) — Irainlan : forces launched a new. of: ; fensive in its war with Iraq which claimed that it destroyed seven “enemy targets, ” two of them with .. mines, In the ‘Khor. ‘Musa area at the head Of ‘the - Persian Gulk, . Tehran Radio said today the offensive, named Dawn- 5, ‘began shortly . after - Midnight Wednesday night — * at Shamgul at the centre of ” the front. Iraq said later its” forces ® _ had: Jaunched a counter- _ Reagan offers: President. Yurl Andropov. WASHINGTON (AP) —- President Reagan says if: the new Soviet leaders want to improve their rocky - relationship with the United | States, “there's na. better tiie to start than - right now,’?' Reagan spouted optimism’, : Wednesday evening as he- assessed the meeting Vice- President George Bush held’ _in Moscow on Tuesday with Konstantin: Chernenko, the new general secretary’ of: ‘Communist - the Soviet party... “The atmosphere was positive,’ Reagan said. His comments, made at a Republican: fund-raising dinner, reflected an effort . on the part of the ad- ministration to put the best face.on the change in Kremlin ... ‘leadership relationship. offensive © ‘agninst ‘Trantans, in the ‘sector, A military spokesman in Baghdad said Iraqi troops -faunched the ‘bors, He said the Iranian attack had been contained and that - part of the attacking force was destroyed, - - _. The’ spokesman: fighting wag continuing, but _ he gave no further: detail, However, Reagan has drawn-the line at meeting with . Chermenko until: a. . conference can be arranged. at which there ‘would be ‘reasonable | promise (of. _ SUCCESS. . He. had been, under pressure advisers to Andropoy’s prove -' U.S.-Soviet | - The president said: while Chernenko did not depart from ‘standard ° Soviel.’ positions, he did appear ready to. put our relation- ship on a more constructive basis. " “Vice-President Bush and .T have the impression that the new Soviet leadership is making an — effort to the | counter: --offenalye after ‘an “enemy _ ” force”. attacked: areas .on) “the: international i between the warring nelgh- -border.’ ‘gaid ~ from . “political - “attend ; funeral to | _ display willingness to im- “An Iragl : targets were destroyed by Iraqi. air and naval attacks... He: did not. identify the _ targets. . coins! an’, trying te enter the. Iranian RETURN TO BASE: base, he added, _ other targetn: had. ‘been ‘downplay + rhetoric and. to. _ explore ways‘to promote a: more useful didiogue.’”” = In. an interview with reporters, Reagan said Chernenko ‘did not retreat from “basic positons”’- in his - meeting with Bush. But he said the’. Soviet leader ‘Yelt that we must both take a part in seeing. ‘that reglonal conflicts did. not: get out of control, that - there should be safeguards against any inadvertent use - of nuclear weapons. “In other words, his whole. tone and his words were _ such that indicated that he believed that there was an - area for us to come to agreement on these things.” Since Chernenko’s elevation to the tap position in the Soviet helrarchy, the “planted by’ Iraq “around :: Bandar Khomeini. we ! inflitary. -.. Spokesman: ‘said five. other:: He said the’ targets ‘we were, port of Bandar. Khomeini, The spokesmdn gald the © mines which destroyed’ two - ‘general _ The. chose to’ ignore: {h ‘ematk — ‘ al re . ‘ “understanding and genuine ’ Andropov’s Bandar Khomeini is the ‘site of a big petrochemical — complex being built under.a Iraq sald Jan..31 its forces had - destroyed five “enemy, naval targets” at the head _,. of the gulf. * All the Iraqi. planes and...“ . gunboats ‘returned safely to. ‘Two - days: earlier,.’ the ‘commander of Traq's naval - ’ and-coastal said.the Iraqi ‘air force and navy would © ‘attack . Any. vessel - ap-- _Proaching Kharg Island, the administration - has, areas that have proven to be ~ _ stumbling “blocks in .the’ : Soviet .- ' Union. - relationship with the Soviet _ In- his, first: speech after” moving into. the job- of. secretary, nenko criticized venturists,”"’ a comment. aimed at the United States. State. Department and focused instead on elements: of his speech. seeking progress. In ‘his’: funeral, Chernenko spoke of his, “readiness for talks" with’ the United States.” But” - Soviet waa disrupts Cher: — ad. > 5 . * -Bushjmet Cherrienko after ; Andropov's emphasized ‘desire for greater mutual - comments at - . > as” . “regional conflicts.” _He also defined the Iraqi- imposed war zone, Which he joint venture by Eranian and... , Japanese companies. “enemy © convoy” a sald , extended. from. Khor “Abdullah at the mouth of the _ Shatt al-Arab -waterway .to between 48 and 56 kilometres south of the - “Iranian port of’ Bushehr. “| -Khibrg Island Kies within the limits. 7 ran has threatened ‘to “close the’ Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the giilf’ if _lts - ol’ smoother relationship | “Uy S. ‘tried to portray ‘Itself as - willing to make progress on: arms.control and. in. other"? ‘sing tougher language 3 in’. his eulogy, said “those. who | “are:pushing a policy of. , milifarism, the mad.arnis | race and interference in the internal affairs. of other, coutitries should renounce : . this policy and substitute for - ita policy of peace and co- ‘operation. " “Reagan said -that ‘when “funeral, he “America’ s --eoperation | between . our _ lwo ‘countries. “He also made clear our, “cone erns over issues such “human - -rights Bite of. Iran's main export, ne + terminal near the head of ’ the gulf, ; reservists to 1ew offensive movements, About one- ‘sixth of the non-Communist world’s oil shipments pass _ through the strait. The new bout of fighting in the 3\4-year Persian Gulf war had been heralded by ‘weeks of: preparations in which tens of thousands of Iranian combalants © called to the front. — COMPLETE ATTACK A communique —an- “nounced Wednesday that an “vattack had been ‘completed _in the region of. Dar- ‘ bandikhan, . 250° kilometres northeast. -of=‘the Iraqi capital ‘of Baghdad. . Published reports.said the attack * ‘enabled Tranian drive 20 . kilometres into Iraq, seizing 2 villages" and 150 square kilometres "- of | Iraqi. territory.) , Iran’s national new agency IRNA distributed reports in london today — quoting. : ' informed ‘military source as saying: “The Islamic (Iranian) forces are advancing towatds the achievement of the . pre-determined ob-. _ jectives in the central sector and . Foreign es. 23 following the death of Soviet | ~ Shultz holds WASHINGTON (AP) — State Secretary George Shultz, responding to criticism that he is too friendly to South, Africa, says a policy of inflexible hostility toward that country could produce racial warfare throughout southern Africa, The'only course consistent with American values is to. . “engage ourselves as a force for corstructive, peaceful . change,” Shultz said Wednesday night, . “Tt is not our business to cheer on, from the sidelines, a race-war-in southern Africa or-to:‘accelerate trends that willbring.such a: conflict-abbutitlruiabat. Shultéts semarke, tade' before-the Boston: World: Affairs aul: rw: Council, were aimed at'critics who maintain that U.S. ef- ‘forts to co-operate with South Africa reinforce white minority rule there and delay the independence process in the South African territory of Namibia. Shultz rejected calls for a ban on American investment in South Africa and for economic sanctions, saying such ac- tions would “pull the rug out from under those South Africans who have taken the first concrete steps toward a more equal and equitable society.” He said while an “evolutionary change" is taking place i in South Africa, the black majority still: lacks fundamental ° political and human rights and is denied equal opportunities for economic advancement. - He: also criticized the “arbitrary forced removals” of friendly line — blacks from long-settled communities, FORCES A MOVE ~ Hours before Shultz spoke, the white -minority Pretoria government hauled.54 black families away from the village | ..of Magopa and relocated them in a black homeland: to en- , : force its racial segregation. policies. . The government said the land was reserved for whites’ . even though blacks had lived there for 70 years. . In his speech, Shultz alluded to the. intense. U.S. diplomatic effort-to promote independence for, Namibia and:7: “ithe withdrawal, of Cuban: forces from iAngola: nieep typ tne ae Calle -: He said the disengagement of South: African forces from: southern Angola represents a “positive evolution”’ thal. could lead to an overall settlement. . Earlier Wednesday, senior State Department’ officials said a small group of Americans could be assigned to help monitor the withdrawal of- South African troops from Angola. One official, who- insisted on anonymily, said a monitoring team of four to six Americans could be sent to the border region of Angola and Namibia if the other countries involved request it. : Such a request has not yet been received. In BAmbia today, U.S., Angolan and South African officials were meeting -to discuss the possibility of a formal “cessation of hostilities”” in the border area. _ Equipment caused blowout. pRaivion VALLEY, Alta, (CP) — Amoco Canada Petroleum Co, Ltd. couldi’t have prevented -the 1982 blowout of its Lodgepole gas well, lawyer Allan McLarty . said Wednesday as phase one of an 11-week-old public inquiry ended. The company blamed the blowout, which lasted 68 days from, ‘Oct: 17 to Dec, 23 about 140 kilometres southwest of Edmontén, on a series of equipment failures. None of the failures was crucial on its own but they all . “contributed to the unfortunate chain of events,” McLarty © told the inquiry held by the Alberta nergy Resources. Conservation Board. Two Texas wild well fighters died during one attempt to cap the well after being overcome by toxic” hydrogen sulphide fumes. When it wasn’t on fire, the well spewed millions of cubic metres of the sulphurous. gas over central Alberta. Many people * in the surrounding area and as far away as. Edmonton blamed influenza and cold symptoms on the gas; which had a rotten-egg stench. At one point, people 1,600 kilometres away in Winnipeg said they could smell the gas. . The well was finally capped by another Texas oulfil. ‘ SURGED UP WELL Before it blew. out, McLarty. said, a large amount of natural gas and drilling mud surged up the well, jamming a . degassing machine designed to separate gas from mud. He said that "necessitated the closing-in of the well at the | -most inopportune of times” so the machine could be fixed. ' Soon afterward, the drill pipe broke, the ‘degassing machine failed 'agaln and the derrick. boom a also falled, 1 dropping the . Academy nominations released ; BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Terms'of Endearment, the funny-sad story of an eccéntrle mother and a wilful, daughter, scored top: honors today ‘at the S6lh annual Academy Award nominations, placing in 11 Categories. The Right Stuff, a parioramld' view of first American . space ‘travellers, followed with elght nominations. Fanny and Alexander, which Ingmar Bergman says is his _ last movie, placed third with six. As expected, Terms of .Endearment dorninated the. nominations, collecting for best picture and for four per- formances. Slars Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger will ainst each other for best actress, and Jack ° be competing sgaive actor Were: Charles | Durning, To.Be Or ‘Not To-Be: Sam Nicholson and John Lithgow as supporting actor, The film . ‘also, was ndminated for best direction dnd writing by James Brooks, Nominated. as best director of 1983 weré Brooks, for... Terms of Endearment; Peter Yates, The Dresser; Ingmar drill stem and bringing on ‘the blowout. Dennis Hart, a lawyer for Nabors Drilling Lid., argued Tuesday that the broken drill pipe was the crucial failure. He said Amoco erred in approving the use of high-strength . drilling pipe, which turned brittle when exposed to hydrogen. If Amoco had chosen ihe pipe Nabors recommended, ‘said Hart, “there would not have been a drill-stem failure and there would not have been a blowout, " - McLarty denied Nabors made any such formal recom- mendation, He said high-strength pipe was chosen to bear: “the stress of angled drilling to penetrate.a reservoir under the Pembina River flood plain. -, He sald-mud was supposed to “protect: the pipe from hydrogen, which could make any. pipe brittle. ’ MeLarty said the failure of the degasser was. most critical, During the inquiry, participants waded through. more _ than 240 documents related to the environmental and health effects of the blowout. Lawyers, envirgnmentalists from as far away as New Zaland, doctors and oil field experts testified before the six- ‘member ‘board, panel, which began sitting Jast Nov, 1." - . Amoco said the inquiry’ which generaled more ethan 9, 500 pages of transcript; cost the ‘oil company $4.5 million. Board officials said it will cost them about $2 million by the time a final report is prepared, expetled in June or July. The inquiry’s second phase, ‘examining technical aspects , * of blowout capping, begins Feb. 20 in Calgary and is ex- pected to last lwo weeks, Bergman, Fanny and Alexander Mike Nichols, silkwood, ‘and Bruce Beresford, Tender Mercies. Two-time winner Meryl Streep again was nominated for best actress for her performance as the doomed nuclear plant worker in Silkwood. Other nominees for. best actress, besides MacLaine and Winger, were Jane Alexander of Testament and Julie Walters.of Educating ‘Rita.' None of the best actor nominees has won before, They are: Michael Calne, Educating Rita:Tom Conti, Reuben, Reuben; ‘Tom Courtenay, The Dresser; ‘Robert Duvail, Tendet Mercies, and Albert. Finney, The Dresser. Besides Nicholson and Lithgow, nominees for supporting Shepard, ‘The Right Stuff, and Rip Torn, Cross Creek. ‘ Nominees for eupporting actress were Chet, Silkwood; Glenn Close, The Big Chill; Linda Hunt; The Year of Living }, Dangerously; Amy Irving, Yentl, and Alfre Woodard, Cross Creek. Minister Andrei Gromyko, : “ub the: Alcan Kemano II - Hoe 7 , | ‘Correction Westand corrected. On ‘Tuesday, Feb, 14, we reported that B.C. Tel had been invited to attend a -public meeting regarding Completion project: B.C. Tel has not been invited, ‘| B.C. Hydro has been, invited to the hearing. We apologize for: any em- barrassment this ‘error may have caused Terrace rather it should read that | \Head Shed | ‘Introducin 7 BRENDA RITTER- McEWAN Hair Stylist Brenda would Ilke “tolnvite all her past patrons to see her at Bev's Head Shed. Bev's colineit ind B.C.'Tet, “"Y[ 638-8880" were. Th Herald, Thursday, February 16, Wed, Page 3 ‘of Misan., and: Vasset provinces of Tvaq.” . Iran said Wednesday its planes had‘ bombed fraqi military positions and other installations in the town of Misan (formerly Amartab), : 400 kilometres south of Baghdad, and Wasit (for- merly Kul), about 76 kilometres west of the latest ‘ ground offensive; Iraqi communique said three peoplw were killed and 18 others injured in the Iranian alr raids. . The last big Iranian of- fensive took . place — last Kurdish 3 ti Feat pecan in. war November near the town of in. the rugged mountains of northern Iraq. In the middle of last year, Iran launched dffensives in the central and Penjwin ‘northern war fronts. ‘Last ‘weekend, . Iran started a cross-border operation in the Kurdish mountains - south of Marivan. Tehran «Radio said Tuesday the operation, Liberation of Jerusalem, , chad succeeded in achieving its targets to date. a Tae world renowned hypnotist. Gane Betfont from Houston, Taxas. 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