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Armed man holds police at bay Oswald Mayes of Somerset Mass is surrounded by police as he waves kitchen knife from the roof of his home in Somerset He held police at bay for 90 mlgutes before jumping from the roof and breaking his leg AP Photo Roy ends suspense ST GEORGESDEBEAUCIC Que Pi Fabien Roy ended the suspense and told hometown crowd Friday night that he will lead the Social Credit Party in the May 22 federal election The leader and only sitting member of the Popular National Party in the Quebec na tional assembly said he will resign his seat next week as required by the Quebec legislature act Roy who turns 51 on April 17 said that in the coming campaign his party will stress the Liberal governments dismal record on the economy and its aggression against provincial governments Roy said his new party will field can didates in all 75 ridings in Quebec There were nine sitting social credit members in Parliament at dissolution Monday All were from Quebec Arabs break deadlock BAGHDAD Iraq AP Hardline and moderate Arabs broke their deadlock today and agreed to complete economic boycott of Egypt and an eventual break in all diplomatic relations with President Anwar Sadats government conference sources reported The reported agreement indicated the conservative bloc led by Saudi Arabia has acceded to almost all the hardline demands for sanctions against Sadat for signing peace treaty with lsrael member of the Kuwaiti delegation an nounced the accord to journalists and otlicr conference sources confirmcd the report The sources said the lit countries in the Arab League attending the conference and the Palestine Liberation Organization tILOt have agreed to Stop all Arab aid to Egypt Immediately withdraw all am bassadors from fairo lordan alreadv has done so as have the hardline regimes of Syria Libya Algeria South Yemen and the PLO Cut governmenttogovernmcnt rela tions with Egypt at the time of each coiiii trys choosing Crash probes start QUEBEC tCPt Five separate iii vestigations are under way iiiio the crash of Quebecair F27 shortly after taking off from Quebec ity airport Thursday killing 17 of the 24 people on board Sifting through the charrcd wreckage Frir day were investigators from Transport Canada the poliCe Quebecair the regional airlines insurance underwriters and the manufacturers of the 21yearold turboprop Meanwhile the seven survivors were reported in good condition in various Quebec ity hospitals police said this mor ning Quebec Justice Minister MarcAndre Bedard appointed yrille Delagc Quebec City notary as ad hoc coroner Friday to in vestigatethe accident The 43yearold Delage who has handled many multipledeath tragcdics in the last 10 years said it isnt known when the inquest will take place The Montrealbound Faircliild crashed just before pm EST Thursday after its right engine burst intc flames Enemy in retreat NAIROBI Kenya tAII Libyan troops fighting for Ugandan President ldi Anim have pushed Tanzanians and Ugandan exde invaders beyond artillery range of Kampala Come home to The Examiner Call 7266539 for home delivery after three lays oi shelling diplomatic sources said today Radio liganda said the enemy is in retreat The diplomats in Kampala reached by telephone said they have visited Natete an important road junction 10 kilometres southwest of the Igandan capital and saw no evidence of fighting The invaders had been reported this week about six kilometres southwest of Natcte and about it kilometres from the capital itself The range of Tanzanian tillmin artillery is believed to be 20 kilometres The information supported reports from residents that Kampala has been quiet since Friday night for the first time in several days Residents said some shops have reopened and some Igandans who fled through the week were coming back Alliston man charged MIDLAND An IJlmvalc police cruiser was damaged Saturday morning following high speed chase south of Wyebridge onst Larry Munroe was pursuing vehi cle when it spun out of control and the two vehicles collided There were no injuries to either driver but damage to the police vehir cle totalled $800 Michael Sandford Henry 26 of Alliston is charged with criminal negligence impaired driving and possession of stolen automobile Ship still burning CHARLOTTE AMALIIC Virgin islands AP Firefighters poured streams of water into the stillvflaming bulk of the Italian cruise ship Angelina Lauro today as residents of this US Caribbean island tourist port opened their homes to the ships 800 stranded passengers Only handful of passengers and crew were aboard Friday afternoon when wind whipped flames raced up from below decks toeiigulf the 24l77ton liner tied up at pier at this IRS port There were no reports of injuries to the predominantly IRS passengers or the crew but several firemen suffered smoke inhalation and one was taken to hospital Most of the passengers who boarded the vessel in San luan Pucrto Rico for an islandliopping vacation were on St Thomas island when the fire broke out But the situation remained confused today and there was no complete count of passengers or crew safely located ashore If indeed there was someone trapped in side or two or three or four or five we wont know until it cools down said Dr Andrew Littcl chief medical examiner for the islands ofSt Tliomasand St Iohii ANADIANS ABOARD Len Mason vicepresident of the Ioronto based Suntours Ltd said there were at least 75 anadians aboard the liner most from the Toronto area But Weve been assured by officials of the Costa Line that all the anadians are safely ashore he said in an interview Mason said the passengers booked with his travel service were to be taken to San Juan overnight aboard the Angelinas sister ship the Carla also operated by osta weather Cloudy windy and cooler today with occasional showers Highs to Lows overnight near Sunday part ly cloudy and cool with brisk easter ly winds Highs to HARRISBURG Pa AP Scientists struggled to cool down the stricken Three Mile Island nuclear power plant today but authorities said the chances of catastrophic meltdown were very remote and assured 130000 nearby residents they were safe At midnioiniiig radiation was still being vented into the atmosphere at the Susquehan na River plant site plant spokesman icoigc lroffer said Nuclear Regulatory fommis sion officials had said they hoped to halt the releases sometime today Were getting low readings less than two millircnis per hourt around the perimeter of the plant except at the northeast sector here it is eight iiiillircnis Iroffer said An average nierican gets about 100 niillirems year in background radiation While technicians tried to bleed bubble of radioactive vapor threatening the plants damaged nuclear core iov Dick Thorn burgli said at news conference late Friday that no general evacuation of the area is necessary at this time And the governor repeated his recommeii dation that young children and pregnant women move from within eight kilometres of thc plant perched on an island in the Sus quchanna Rivcr about it kilometres south of Harrisburg But many of thc iiltttitt peoplc who livc Hill to kilometres of the plant packed belongings into trucks vans and cars and drove away It looks like ghost town now said Mayor Kenneth Myers iftcr onefourth of tlic ioldsboros 600 residents moved out lhc tiny community sits scvcral hundred metrcs from the plant Mvcrs latct ordered curfew FEARS IOOIIi The mayor did it because of empty homes said lohce hief George Miller We have to kccp the looting down And in nearby and ziliiostciiipty Alltl ii IuliiitiIIIUZT also izuicred ptopic oil the streets after it Harold Dcnton an operations director for the Nuclear Regulatory ommission tNRtI sent here by lrcsidcnt artcr said the possibility of mcltdown of thc nuclcar core was very remote llut lic tcrmcd thc mishap easily the most scrious accident in the licensed reactor program Dcnton also said odds wcrc to against even one case of canccr resulting from the radiation which began leaking Wednesday lherc lS no imminent danger to the public be said Ruti wc are conccrnwl about thcstatus of fuel in the ott of thc icac tor 11 ii 115th your No 77 Saturday March 31 1979 the ex Harold Stoner carries boxes of provisions Into back of his van as his wife Hazel wears towel over her head and head of grandson Joshua preparing to leave their lcnton said three to iivc workers have bccn exposed to niorc than thrcc reins of radiation which is thc limit the allows in any ihrcc month pciiod but no onc was txposcd to more than lic rcnis which is itic limit tor year It ill be scvcral days bciorc the iinal dcci Includes butter cheese Dairy products will cost more OTTAWA rIi Rutter skim milk powder and cheese arc going to cost you more next week following federal decision to in crease prices paid to dairy farmers The announcement rushed out by the agriculturc department Friday two days bcforc the new dairyycar starts represents small pay raise but little clsc for farmers who produce milk for dairy products Dairy policy announccniciits often conic after the start of the new dairy ycar lablc milk is regulated by the provinces and is not affected by llll federal announci mcnt However it could add to pressure on the provinces from fluid producch for morc money lilllltl will cost lt cents pound more and skim milk powder three cents pound cx lra ice cream and cliccsc prices will also be higher Food pllttS arc iiicrcasing at about it per cciita year For farmers the so called target return an indicator of prices they get from plmtssois increases to $132 liundrcdwciglit from $112 Sti spokcsnian said that amounts to scvenpcr cent riscsincc last April ISIRANSIIION The next four months is transition period for dairy policy While lllt financial aspects bulletin Siincoc ouiity public school custodians and maintenance workers will be on strike as of 120I Monday morning following unanimous strike vote decision this morning union spokesman said today Three wounded in stabbings Two people are in serious condition in liar ric and one person is in stable condition following stabbing incident Saturday morn iiig at ti Wesley SL Harrie Robert Bruce Moyer and his 11yearold daughter arc in Royal Voctoria Hospital Rar ric suffering stab wounds Margaret Moycr 33 Roberts wife was taken to Wellcslcy Hospital Toronto llcr condition is listed as stable The full extent of injuries has not yet bccn released said liisp Ron Pickard of the Barrie iity Police Police are investigating the inci cut Will still be on an April to April basis to con form with govcrnnicnt bookkeeping thc 12 month pcriod for allocating production quota toltirincrs will lllll from Aug ltoluly it So the iiixi four months is transition pcriod with tcinporary quotas until thc system sw itchcs ovcr in tlic slimmer lhc changc should make it easier for farmers to control milk production in their licrds and avoid tlic costly prixluction surpluses which irc cxpciisivc to the federal trcasiuy to dispose of on dairy gluitcd world nmtkcts lhc lcdcral subsidy to thc prixluccrs re mains unchangt at $1 lit hundrcdwcighi lhc national milk rHjiurcmcnt remains at on million hundrcdwcigbt which fcdcral officials say is it good sign bccausc the demand for dairy products is dropping in most countries IIID tll The limit on cliccsc imports remains at million pounds dcspitc rcqucsts from farnici and processor groups to rcducc imports $0435 We will fight to the death and anyone running awa will be seen by me from helicopter inside today lifestyle entertainment 10 vvlndow on the world 13 sports oomlcstv guide 17 dasslfled 1823 15° lor Copy Cantor Homo Dollvory 90° Weekly aminer home near front entrance of nuclear power plant near Harrisburg Friday Warnings were Issued when extra radiation was emitted from the plant Stoner Is travelling to their trailer In northern Pennsylvania AP Photo sion is made on how to siphon off the bubble hovering in sealed reactor dome and perhaps months before the problem is entire ly cleaned up Denton said We will be very careful about the method in bringing the reactor to cold shutdown iggsggs he said think it will be at least days before theres any change The mysterious malfunction at the plant which has been in operation just three mon ths prompted Carter to say Friday that it will probably lead to stricter safety standards for nuclear facilities The remains of Member of Parliament Airey Neoves car stands in subway with the tower of Big Ben In the background The MP was killed Friday when bomb exploded In the car as he was coming from the underground car park by the House of Commons He was the opposition spokesman for Northern Ireland AP Photo lRA blamed in blast LONDON AP Irish terrorists used fiendish new time bomb to blow up Airey Neavc leading Conservative MP fierce Iy opposed to the Irish Republican Army Scotland Yard experts were quoting as saying today The assassination just eight days after lRA gunmen killed Britains ambassador to the Netherlands cast pail over the political scene as campaigning began for Britains general election May It Neavcs blue sedan was torn apart by the twopound bomb Friday as he drove it up the exit ramp from Parliament underground garage near the clock tow or that houses Big Ben British crime reporters quoted Scotland Ya rd experts as saying the bomb probably was taped under the car earlier in the day when it stood outside Neaves apartment in Masham Street onehalf kilometre from the Parliament buildings They said the bomb worked in two stages traditional clocktinier first tick ed to zero triggering stage two in which tiembler device was armed and awaited movement by jolt when the car was in motion