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‘CRITI

Reagan was sharply’ ‘critical’ of, ‘the. efforts otic conser-
ative ‘Republicans in the Senate to block a vote on his plan
toraise the federal gasoline tax by five cents a gallon to pay
for: highway. and bridge ‘repaira.. The. president's : conser- -
vative allies, in rebellion, conducted x, filibuster. against
the tax’ increase. f
°° On another, issue, Reagan made clear that for logistical
/ reasons it would be difficult for him: ‘to accept a decision by a
special 3 Mx missile study group scrap the project and look
‘for a new! way. to: close’ what he calls: the’ “window of
vulnerability” threatening: U.S. land-based missiles. “

But he‘ ‘added that “if & miracle happens and something
comes along: at could be implemented better and faster,
¥ chi that." Reagan opted for'a closely. spaced basi

nag flenae nick, bul this has met, opposi

Fr goitouii nod sevillo® nor,
Reagan ‘said:

too: early t to decide whether he will seek, a second
term. “I assume auch a'decision will have.to be made next
year,” he said.
“.. ~‘e‘The news media have “overemphasized the bad” news
related tothe economy, and Peeeeloeealy. it has not been
‘a ‘help.”-

‘Lebanese pact
appears” close

BEIRUT | (AP); =. US. ‘Amin Gemayel they. wil sup-
mediators Wieaied ‘cloos 06 port the U.S. plan.
agreement: Saturday on\'a’...: It calls for an Israéli roll-
two-stage’ withdrawal ‘of ‘all * back from the central moun-
foreign armies. from Lebanon tain region. of Aley southeast
as sectarian violence claimed | of Beirut | to the coastal town
four more lives in Syrian- and of, ‘Dam 16 -kilometres
Israeli-held parts ‘of this-em- bh of th he gapitale Syrian
battled coun- forces would
try. Hn ae simultaneously withdraw

Eee Regn ti bata
radio interview broadcast in as’ international highway to
.the United States,. said ur-
‘gent action is needed to rid
Lebanon of Israeli, ) Syrian’. 55,
and Palestinian forces, which | :;
he said had become “armies> . LAUNCHES SSC AGIGN:
of oecupation.”, “He, set/no. | Israel invaded Lebanon‘on
‘timetable but made clear his June 6:to force out'the PLO
patience was.running out... and’ Syrian ‘peacekeeping

‘American _s env forces ‘who. have: been'/sta-

Bekaa Valley, the ‘official
said.

y oys
| tioned in the country: since
Philip Habib and Morris tye end of tho 197476 elvil

Draper wound up two ) days

“talks: with Lebanese: leaders ”: va beixgen Christians’ and

id shuttled” back \to‘Jeru-
“salem on the eve of a crucial’ Th US. plan. Hs "
zeabinet session ‘that was 6x-° the U8. Pisa wolves
‘pected to determine israci's _ nine to 24 kilometres by, each
SPORSS. | ne side, ‘freeing » the’: interna-
“I. expect ti tional highway and sizeable
ae from a postive aE areas in the central moun-
Hinet,”” said: Lebanese -Prime tains.for the Lebanese army
“Minister Shafik Wazzan: We totake over, rs aocorang to ihe
‘might have.new concepts on official. by
londay that ; would Humin-',: “The ball is ‘now in Israel's

te atin fokare ne ot ae" court and ‘everything hinges

on. tomorrow's | (Sunday's)

Lebanon ‘gave. the two en- cabinet session’ in: Jerusal-
its full backing ‘for: a ”' the. official added.

.S.'-proposal that ;-Israeli, |, Wazzan a Habib. ‘would

‘Syrian and P inian forces
fstage a partial withdrawal in after the Erect cabinet ses-

central: Lebanon “within one | sion to report;to Reagan:on,
“month and then withdraw .the progress of the U.S. -ef-
‘completely jin: a second and. ifort to break the: deadlock:
‘final ‘stage :.to, be negotiated 3

; ‘later, a Lebanese official aaah

yria’ andthe ‘Palestine Lib: ‘fighters
eration \: Orgahizition “have eastern Lehaion at'-Presi-
‘ed. sbanese | President de tt Ger

eaenloy in East ‘Lebanon's

NS)
me, Post. Offics is?

+ Castlegar. ‘Post. Oifice is
once, again asking. home-
owners: to. keep their
walks, ;steps. and porches
free of snow and ice to help.
eliminate accidents: to let-
A post office’ spokesman
said: every. winter some
‘letter, carriers are injured
by. slips and falls. “It has

fs
a itt a

field delivers mall t to, local’
ing homeowners to keep walks‘ and steps’ clear of *
‘sh w and ice for letter. carr

| keep your steps clean

dent: where the steps were
covered with snow. When
the letter carrier stepped
on’ them, he .went: right
through because. the steps
-were only forms.

The spokesman pointed
out that letter. carriers are -
not obliged to deliver mail
if the snow. has ‘not: been

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Pree § have very. little mail
that omnes back.”

“He also said letter. car-
riers ‘understand: that - if
there: has’ been ’'a’ heavy
snow overnight, ’it‘is diffi-
cult* for homeowners to
have. the... walks ‘cleared’
first thing in the morning.

Carriers usually; give i
1

no We:
ovo Teun: taoziiges

cleared. 1 ever, he said
Castlegar ‘letter.,carziers:
“don't like to be-e tinisence*

“Saudis
OPEC

VIENNA (AP) — A key”

Arab oil, minister said Sat-

:urday. he favors ‘freezing :
. OPEC's base price of $34 for

three years. Saudi’ Arabia,
the world's: biggest: oil ex-

porter, said a ‘price cit is.

“absolutely out of the ques-
lon.”
Mana Saeed . Otaiba, oil
minister. ofthe United Arab

Emirates and head of OPEC's

‘Market; Monitoring ‘Commit-
tee, told a. news. conference.
there is'no hope of raising
prices ‘before 1986, and that
OPEC: will not':reduce ‘the
price.” "’

“There is no room to talk
about’ cutting the | price. of
oil,” Otaiba said. “This is out.
of the ‘question.” ;

Otaiba “spoke: shortly be-
fore all 18 ofl ministers hud-
dled met privately in hopes of
forging a deal before today's’
scheduled opening of the car-
tel’s ‘formal price-setting con-
ference. 3

After the morning session,
Saudi’ Oil ‘Minister Ahmed
Zaki Yamani said a price cut
was “absolutely: out of the
question.” This - dampened
speculation that ‘his country

‘would threatnen to cut its

price to: pressure — other.
OPEC-members into backing
off from’ their demands for

. Production increases.

The’ group's. monitoring
committee recommended

that. the full: conference —

freeze the base price through
1983 and that it adopt a new,
production ceiling. No gj
His colle was recommend:

ed, Otaiba ‘said;:adding that
he thought‘ it should be .no
higher than 18.5, zaillion, ‘bar:
Fels a day.

OPEC's current production

ia! estimated -at, about 19.6

million barrels‘a day.

. i) Many analysts believe that °
/ any.OPEC agreement to hold
sits base price at $34 a barrel
could be meaningless unless |,
«the ministers also support a

production- -sharing system to

, lesson the glut, Saudi Arabia.

want to nae
base oil price

has.. hinted. recently that
without an agreement. to
limit each member's produc-
tion, it might uollsterally cut
its oil price.

The cartel~ imposed an
overall ceiling of 17.5 million
barrels a day> last’ March
when open-market prices for
oil:were tumbling and .de-
mand was low. But. the ceil-

‘ing! was suspended last. July.
: when the’ ministers: failed to

agree on whether, or how, to
extend the ceiling.

Since then, several. OPEC
members have boosted their.
production, saying the sus-
pension of the July meeting
meant no quotas were. in
force.

‘Iran, which is demanding a
bigger share of OPEC sales,
said ‘Friday it is‘ currently,
producing three million bar;
Tels per day.

e trip, down’: the altar

West than elsewhere in’ the
country.

Yukon had the highest
marriage rate — 10.2 persons
per 1,000 — followed ‘by. Al-
berta at 9.7 and British Col-

mbia at nine.)

The Northwest Territories

the lowest marriage rate,

6.2 persons per. 1,000.
The statistics show the av-
erage age of brides\was 26.2

‘years and for’ grooms, 28.2

years. About 80 per cent of
the couples: had ‘never been’
married before.

There were 67,671) div.

" orees granted : in. 1981, up /
} nine, per cent. from the pre-
vious year.

g Quebec accounted for most

SALTLAKE CITY (AP) — ‘

© Artificial heart. patient’ Bar-
ney Clark sat in a chair for 98
minutes Saturday, showed

“more physical strength than |

‘any time since the surgery”:
and was taken off the critical
‘list, 'a doctor said.

“Damn it, this‘ is a‘ good *

day,” said Dr. Chase Peter- .

son, University, of Utah vice-
-president for health sciences,
He said Clark's céndition was
‘upgraded to ‘serious.
’ Half’ of . Clark's per-
* manent plastic heart was re-
placed last Tuesday. when a
valve broke.)

“Dr: Clark sat up in. bed

‘The average age for those
granted divorces ‘was ‘87.7
years for men ane os years
for. women... \‘:")

Statistics Canada: also re-

ported a marginal increase in,
It

:and;a) slight de-
crease in'deaths since ‘1981.

There were. 871,848. live

births last “year, : up. from

870, 109 in? 1980, 9",
“RATE DECLINES‘ i

{' However,’ the: birth’ rate

per 1,000 persons declined to

est ‘birth rate —

9.1" per
:1,000: persons — followed by -

Newfoundland (17.8) and Sas-

katchewan « (17.6). Ontario <
had the lowest rate with 14.4"
} births-per ‘1,000. Persons.

Teenagers gave birth. to
20,880 babies last year, a de
cine of about | 2,000; from

ams ‘number of births to

“When. Clark ‘qnnounceid

that he was tired, DeVries
‘ifted him | back into bed, Pe-.
terson said.

“He's. now demonstrated ¢!

more physical strength than
any time since the surgery,”
Peterson said.

_ BRAIN UNDAMAGED

“ Clark ‘had’ been in‘ critical
condition since Dec. 7, when

seizures . wracked : his - kody, -

Déctors, believe the sei
‘were ‘caused by. chemical!
imbalance which ‘has’ be
treated, by a’ sbekoatett

“ last’ night and’ dangled his -

fect,” ‘Peterson’ said Satury

‘day, “This morning, he sat up

ia a chair. for. $8 $8 minutes.” ;:
‘“Today was the strongest

‘ ‘change we've had.”

Peterson said Clark was

- lifted into ‘a ‘chair ‘in~ his

intensive care unit room by
Dr: William’ DeVries, ' the
surgeon who ‘implanted his
Sarvik-7 air-driven heart
Dec. 2.

DeVries repeatedly asked
Clark if he was getting tired

“and ‘Clark said no, Peterson

related.
Clark, 61, a retired Seattle-

‘area’ dentist, ‘asked for his,

wife, Una Loy Clark, and the
three looked out Clark's win-
dow “at the Wasatch Moun-
tains, he ‘said.

Sitting in the chair caused
him no pain but he “appre-
ciated the chance to. look

» out,” Peterson said.

women botween 20, hd 29,3
who traditionally have the;
largest number of babies, re-

‘mained almost unchanged at
i 248, 000.

) But there, was ‘a Large:
crease inthe number: of /ba;

. cent: of the ,total. That's
increase ‘of 8,000.

The death rate dropped to
171,029 in:1981 from 171,473
the-previous year.’

ritories, with 5. per, “1,000

persons.

Peterson “gaid: “But

‘Both ‘got tired in’ the f

‘Over, “the next ‘tow d
:Clark’s exercise will be
increased,

 Bronch warned
Pope of threat

PARIS (REUTER)

7 The.
French ‘secret service warn-

ed the Vatican three weeks

before Pope: John Paul was.
_ shot last year of a plan to kill

him; a former head of the
service said in an interview

* persol
papal nuncio of the mortal
danger the Pope was facing,”
he said. “The nuncio of course
alerted the Vatican.”

De Marenches, who was

Alexandre de Marenches
told the French daily Le Fig-
aro he had been worried for a
long time about a possible
attack:on the’ pontiff; who
was shot and seriously

-wounded: in St. Peter's

laced as head of the secret
service soon after the Social-

‘ist. party. took ‘power last

year, made no reference to
current ‘investigations. by
Italian’ police into.a possible
Bulgarian connection to the
Rome shooting.

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