HUNGRY LINE-UP. .:.°. Rotarians were usy. Saturday morning turned out for the, annual pancake | ept: flipping pancakes a asa large number of hungry resident and visitors parking lot. Breakfast goes again this morning from Iran, Iraq both claim detonee. From AP. -AFP Iraq said Saturday its for- ces ‘encircled and ‘repulsed invading Iranian -forces try- ing to seize the southern port city of Basra, but Iran said its troops struck ‘deep. inside Iraqi defence lines killing or. wounding 700 enemy: troops, reports from the two warring. sides said. ‘The . official Iraqi ‘News Agency said Iraqi forces en- circled the advancing Iranian troops after making ‘an‘am- bush near Basra, about 500 kilometres south of Iraq’: capital and near the soul western Iranian border. The statement said Iraqi ground troops and helicopter’ gunships then chased the re- treating Iranians across the border, inflicting heavy’ cas- ualties. ‘But Iran, 'in a statement carried by ‘the’ Islamic Re- public News Agency, said its _ troops’ advanced “into the very midst of the enemy for- ces” and’ were mopping up Iraqi defence pockets inside Traqi territory. It said 700 Traqi soldiers ‘were dead or wounded. The Iranian statement did not'say where along the 480-kilometre battlefront the fighting ‘took place. Other Iranian war | communiques had said:the Tehran.regime forces had opened two fronts against the Traqis ‘on Friday : ‘night. Traq claimed to have killed nearly 5,000 Iranians’ since Tranian troops entered Traqi territory Tuesday.-Iran ear-, lier claimed’ it~ killed - or wounded 800 Iraqis and cap- tured 791 others. Neither side's claime could be independently verified as both Iran and Iraq have bar- red foreign reporters _ from, the battle zone. US. officials say about 100,000 troops! from each side are involved in oe current” battles. Tragi President Saddam Hussein warned Iran's lead- ers to stop ordering attacks into Iraqi territory, or else aggressive attempts.” In Nicosia, Cyprus, Iraqt Youth Minister ‘Ahmed ‘Al- Saramaei told a news con- ference that the Iranian of- fensive had “failed complete- : Al-Samaraei, attending ‘a “ministerial conference of non- aligned countries, also said Iraq was ready to submit all Taha Yasin; left Satur lay for Saudi Arabia ‘and Kuwi consultatiohs with leaders both countries. Saudi Arabi Kuwait and: other” conser. Gulf are ‘said to be ‘worri . possibilit; of fan): he outstanding border disputes © cwith Iran.to international ar- bitration. ‘Iraq's deputy premier, “the iron fists which des-*§ troyed the aggression for the. past two years and crushed the recent.attempt to invade Traq will wipe out all future ° en rescued T. JOHN'S, NFLD. (CP) — Two men were rescued by. a:mini-submarine early Sat- urday morning, about 11 hours after the diving bell they manned severed its um- bilical cord off the- drill. ship Pelerin and sank off the Lab- rador coast. The men, whose names have not been released, were monitoring’ drilling: opera- tions, when the bell's support line snapped,: sending them to the bottom about 190 me- tres below. = The accident happened Fri- day afternoon off Saglek Bay in northern Labrador, about 1,800 kilometres north of St. John's. The . supply ship Balder Cabot-was about 50 kilom- etres away and arrived on scene a.couple hours later, said Bob. Foulkes, a -spokes- man for the ship's contractor, Petro-Canada. The Cabot. lowered “the one-man | mini-submarine, Mannis, into the chilly At- lantic' waters and visual con- tact’ was made in about. 10° minutes. ‘The ‘Mannis; then’ attached cables from the Ca- bros the .diving. bell and hi + oq three days supply-of oxygen ° and food along with eurvival gear. There’. were some tense moments but the men seem- BCRIC continued from front page cannot make a decision until a report on “export. oppor-: tunities" is completed. Mc- Clelland said in his letter that: he expects the results of the: report “soon.” Brant Ducey, a spokesman for B.C. Resources, said in an interview from ‘Vancouver Friday that the Celgar tour is merely “a routine inspection by managemer And he said that there is no connection between the visit of the’ provincial _gov- ernment's film crew and. th date “chosen for the plant's inspection by the high-level execulives. ed to have survived the or- deal quite well, he said. An emergency plan was put into effect when the bell severed, he said. HAS BACK-UP SYSTEM “When you have back up! systemis'to the back up sys- tem and when you have an° equipment failure like. that, you are. able. to move. i: quickly and take care of it.” ‘Officials are investigating why the bell broke away from the main ship, he said, adding that the drilling pro- gram would not. be inter- rupted. “They. have recovered all the equipment and_all it has to be is repaired and then they will just keep on doing what they wer. doing.” The .Balder Cabot and Mannis were involved for the search for semi-submersible rig Ocean Ranger which sank at the Hibernia oil field: abot 195 kilometres from “St. John's in February with the © loss of 84 lives. The Perelin was the centré . ‘of controversy ‘when Petro- Canada recently announced it would have to pay almost $500,000 in wages and travel -money to 16 drillers’ who came with the foreign-owned drill ship when it was con- tracted to. the — tederally- owned oil. company. The ship came from a pre: vious: contract near Malta with its original drilling crew. ‘They were subsequently replaced. by’ Canadians to satisfy. the Canadian-content requirements for East Coast offshore Srploratien: f PM's popularity drops slightly TORONTO (CP) —-Prime Minister Trudeau's approval ratingshas: dipped ‘slightly,. In Castlegar provincial court July 8, Colleen Rizzotti was given nine months in jail for assaulting a police officer, She was also handed one month for refusing to take ‘a -breathalyzer, one month for, theft!under $200, three months for impaired driving, three*months for a hit and run, and°three months for “failing to.comply with orders ‘of the judge. These sentences will be served concurrently. a eee Lorne Plotnikoff was given a isuspended sentence for theft under $200, with a ‘promise to keep the peace for.” three months. . * \e * ilan’ Atkinson ‘was. fined $750or.30.days for driving with’ a blood alcohol count over .08. ‘SAYS B Gallup poll..reles Saturday, and now stati its lowest point ever. - The poll; taken in June, indicates 28‘per-cent of the . Canadian public approve of. the job Trudeau is doing ‘as prime minister while 61 per cent disapprove. In February his rating. was 30 and 58 per cent respectively. The poll, based-on 1,048 . , personal, in-home interviews with adults 18 ‘years. and :over, is considered accurate within a. four. percentage- point margin, 19 in 20 times. Since the change between the June and February polls is less than four per cent, the shift between the two should not be considered significant. . Trudeau's record high rat- ing came in September, 1980, when 50 per cen expressed approval. The June poll shows, the approval.'ratings for: Oppo- sition Leader: Jo Clark. and NDPLeader Ed Brodbent' also drop| but ‘also’ by’ amounts not considered ‘sign. ficant, continued from front page GMC car dealership was given: a ‘special thanks ‘for donating‘a number of parade cars. é >.) Best bed racer-costume award went to. wes Store staff for its Hawaiia the In’ the’ actual’ bed races “themselves, the Tele- . communications Workers Union emerged, on top, pushing: ‘their‘ bed ‘through the ‘obstacle course at the Kiwanis : Park in 48.5 seconds. Team members Brian Kittson, Hugh Small, Rich. Davis, Bill. .Yackel, Faith Emimons, ‘Harvey Leckie, Duayne Hartson and Marv Hart were drenched to -the ‘skin from waterballoons thrown by on-lookers.: CKQR Radio took second spot, almost five seconds behind the TWU entry, finishing the course in 48 seconds. RCMP was third at 66 sea ids and the ambulance team was fourth in 60.5. second, In the Ladies’ Powder Fulf heat, West's captured first place in 46 seconds, followed by Grapes of Wrath in 52 seconds. ‘Meanwhile, today the pancake breakfast ‘again. runs from 8-11 a.m. and is a bargain at $8 for adults and $2 for children under 10 and seniors. The Kiwanis Bavarian Gardens ‘will go again from 12:80-6 p.m. at:the arena complex. = The ultralight airplane display runs from p.m. at the Arena complex. The parachute jumps be “held at 1 and.2 p.m, also at the arena complex. Both are free. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday i is kids’ days with Ichildren’s activities atthe National Exhibition Centre 30-3:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday: and from 9:80, 0 p.m. Wednesday. Open | “fishing, although the kokanee fishery still remains closed, a conservation officer with the Fish’ and:) Wildlife im to participate i 1,14 billion liquefied natural ‘gas Plant on the West Coast, Do Tony Yue, Odlum Brow! ‘Ltd. research manager, said) “the confirmation of ‘Dome's ‘invitation’ means BCRIC “shares: likely ° will move up- - ward, at'léast until there .is an indication of how much it will cost BCRIC to particpate i “in the: project. POSITIVE FOR BCRIC }$The: market will continue cost." ““BCRIC,”: said,’ Yue. “That's the "major , factor Vand ‘if it 18: costs ‘too much, people : will y: ‘he provincial v nt, which selected a coi get turned off just as they did ‘during. the Kaiser deal.” Corporation shares | plu E ‘motted from a.high of 4025, ‘after the takeover of; Kaiser Resources Ltd, in the. fall’ of 1980 when',the: market. per- + -BCRIC! iphftilpation is “un: der-discussibn.” © Smith'sald the corporation is not; thinking (of selling additional ‘common shares to finance: ‘potential ' partici- pation with!Dome. But: there: [s'a possibility ‘BORIC: might: use preferred next! year, he ‘sald, “not specifically. for as) 8. Grown, corporation: by the Social Credit government {n 1978 to encompass all the private companies bought by iDP govern: was, made.a ‘public company ‘and ‘shares opened at $6, °' “It reported $719 railion in - ceived the takeov price of anese financing, stipulated that Dome bring “an’ honest. *-to: God ‘B.C. company” —.as"; Richards put it —: into “project. ‘ Richards said he expects a, - decision from BCRIC . withi jzmore than $600 on as too iy: ‘Neither. Dome. nor: BCRIC would disclose’ the - perc: tage the corporation is being offered in ‘the ‘deal. nor. tHe two-weeks. Jack Smith, cor- % , poration executive vice-presi- dent of finance, said a) de- cision will be made “as soon VANCOUVER (CP) = ‘Columbia's three ma is hi rest = back ‘a “recent '18-per-cent wage increase to six per cent. , Inv; May,:; the. ered ‘Art Gruntman, rogisnal les president: of, the Can- Paperworkers Union, $550-million pipeline.:to built'from northeastern guarantee a single job. .. “The, CPU’ members hav: already. paid dearly for the “had decisions of governments : : “and: companies,” Gruntman ‘ ‘said. “It is grossly unfair to ask us to pay even more.” ~ “The largest union,.the_ Ir fernational ‘Woodworkers. ‘of. America, -has ‘not, formally . responded to the request for not.wages but-high we to‘the industry that 15 per cent..of the union's 9,000 members:have already been - ff “and most’ of those working: have had — their ‘wages reduced 15.to 30 per cent this year because ‘of partial mill closures. He said a wage rollback would not “pointed the industry. will “not: abandon the proposal, :-which he referred to as “nonsense.”: He said woodworkers .are ‘suffering massive layoffs due tothe softness of the lumber - market. “Wages ‘have got thing to do with it.” © Don Saunders, chairman of both Forest Industrial Re- Mations ‘and. the ’Pulp and. Paper Industrial ‘Relations Bureau, ° said‘ the industry ~made the latest “request be- cause “things are a helluva lot worse now that they were in May and ‘the outlook is that much: ‘ poorer.” ‘ “By far'a large majority of. ;, companies are drowning ina . sea of red. ink," he sald, oe nailing that it was, time the. industry “made every po: sible effort to. stem the he “rendous sutton. ‘ ips ‘ ‘the ‘last, two ‘months and’ ‘wood products prices have been down for a' year. He estimated’ there are now up to 80,000. people un- employed in the forest in- dustry,’ and. warned. that without economic’ relief some companies will go out of business. Gas war. in suburbs. VANCOUVER (CP) — A gas, war is being fought: in North and West Vancouver, White Rock and.Surrey and drivers are the victors..", As a result, some gas sta- tions are selling regular gas. for as much as seven cents ‘a litre lower’ than their Van- couver counterparts, The week-old war started, according to Gulf Canada, be- at self-serve pri : and the. battle lines were had found a. provision: in’: the - Fe¢eral Fisheries. Act. tha ‘would allow the regulations to ; ~ be: passed by. the: provincial interview: Thursda: sure was put into’ ‘éffect July 8to prevent over fishing. he Reelations recently, passed _ in the: House of Commons, Tlie: local.’ Fisheries’ biolo- gist had requested the July.8 _ tackle in the’West Arm to. prevent the stock of kokanee from being depleted because existing regulations could not ~ be enforced. “It was’ the only rétite we could, go,’ Jameson said, ‘be- cause the. old. regulation The confusion rose, ‘son said, when'the pi government: tried to shorten “Ones in-Counell, ---** Previously, the regulations’ drawn. Now prices are tumb- . ling by half.a cent.a day. In North Vancouver :Fri- day, Capilano Gulf was sell-, ing regular gas at 87.2 cents a litre; while. at ‘Semiahmoo * Ghevron in. White’ Rock it went for 86.2. In Vancouver, gas was selling for as much as 48.2 cents a litre. The self-serve price was once at 42.7, said Don Wat- son, a retailer administrator for Gulf. But full-service sta-° tions dropped to 42.2, he said, “and the game goes on until we get to where we are now.” 86.7, Friday. “But we're a full ‘service station. There's no way we'd start it.” But self-serve Newton Gulf station was selling for the same price. Said the station's commissioned agent, Richard LaPierre: “I get a.phone call from Gulf head: office and they say, ‘Today we're going down half a cent.'" LaPierre + Watson denied: that the said that happened every day price war has anything to do with a surplus supply. Of four: gas ‘stations near the same intersection on’ the’. Surrey, two of. them blame’ this: week, “It's. pretty widespread,” said Terry Higgins of* full- service Surfside Petrocan in West Vancouver, jaine it on us,” said‘ the, owner of Newton Texaco, who was selling regular for full-service Gulf« station, which was already selling at 87.7 all day, Higgins said, oa pealed auticday for-a face- diplomatic Process | to ive nteeing their safety, if all Arab states have’ declined ‘to: offer:. the PLO’: “sanctuary. Meanwhile, Palestinian : leader ‘Yasser Arafai incial’ government’ took: ires- ponsibility forth regulation until the procedure was chal. It -was. recently decided that: only “the ! federal.’ gov- ernment. had the. power’ to The’ new:,regulations + be in: effect :till they: are re- -vamped by’ the federal gov- ernment next-year, Jameson sald, a Castlegar ROMP: is .cur- rently investigating a July 14 break-in at the Columbia Gulf :Service Station on’ Columbia “Ave. < RCMP. spokesmen say an - ‘beer undetermined © amount - of, pinee was stolen't ‘face meeting © with... U. presidential envoy Philip Ha- results. bib: to.:“save time” in the’ head of the Palestine Liber- - a pullout: of . his: estimated 8,000 ‘guerrillas from Israeli- encircled West; Beirut. . Speaking’: with |‘repotere _ . near bombed out buildings installing’ and ‘warned Rae to the guerrilla stronghold, ‘Habib “and he needed no‘intermediaries’ in the talks on ‘how, when and where. to. evacuate: his followers. \“He is not in need and I am not in need of these channels,’ Arafat ‘said. “He can talk with me directly, tosave time ‘ime, too.” ‘ impatient at the failure of the month-long effort to arrange ation Organization ‘made: his appeal, Bashir. .Gemayel, comander- of. “Lebanon's Christian militia and ‘a |key tof get. lhis ‘guerrillas out of Molem West Beirut ‘before it, was to late.’ Israeli forces invaded Leb- anon on June 6 to crush the PLO. They quickly drove to the organization's nerve centre in West -Beirut,. bot- tling up Arafat's ‘guerrillas and threatening to wipe them out ‘unless ‘they. agreed to “leave Lebanon. “About 85,000 Israeli troops _ and 300 tanks are blocking all roads out: of West “Beirut. Israeli gunboats have cut off sea-escape routes.