news roundup Clark hopeful caboutofl OTTAWA 41 Prime Mi talks nister Clark told the Commons on Monday he is hopeful his meeting in Ottawa today with Alberta Premier Peter Loug heed will result in significant progress towards new federalprovincial energypricing agreement flark referrHl to recent ritten exchanges between Ot law and the primary producing province and said he hopes new on pricing package can be announced prior to the federal budget set for Dec It can assure the Houst that the budget will reflect assumptions which were basic to the proposal put before first ministers by this government he told Ed Broadbent leader of the New Democratic Party liroadlwnt sought assurances that new Oilpricmg agree ment will be unveiled prior to the budget saying it is ex traordinary that the Conservative government has failed to in agreement after months of talks with the provinces The federal government ha proposed annual oil pr ce in creases of $4 barrel beginning in ISM to move domestic fltt closer to world levels higher excise tax on gasoline sold at the pump and variety of measures aimed at en siirmg energy self sufficiency by 1990 Claims nations join in Aresearch ltiltliNlt itli Argentina Macleans magazme says Brazrl and traditional adversaries have been teaming up on atomic weapons research and says BraZil can be expected to explode nuclear device within the next year possibly in six months Quoting diplomatir sources of the Washingtonbased fouriiil on Hemispheric Affairs private think tank the riiagairic says scientists front both countries are getting help and encouragement from South Africa to develop nuclear muscle Bank to cut mortgage rates MUNlltlIAl Iflr The Bank of Montreal announced Monday it will reduce the rates it charges on mortgages cit mg lack of demand for mortgage funds The reductions which take effect Wednesday follow similar announcements by several tnist companies The banks conventional fivcyear closed rate drops one percentage ponit to liti per cent frorn the NHA five year closed rate falls to 13 pr cent from The conventional threeyear closed mortgage rate drops to per cent from NH the NlIA threeyear closed rate falls to per cent frorn The conventional three year open rate drops to 15i per cent from ISi the NIIA thrct from 15 year open rate to 15 per cent Open rates are paid on thosc mortgage plans which allow customers to speed repayment without incurring penalties Retirement incomes under study OTTAWA tlt The government will study recommen dations by the Economic ouncil of anada to improve rctireriicnt incomes David MacDonald minister respon sible for social development said Monday MacDonald was responding in the Commons to Monique Ilegin Liberal social affairs critic who wanted to know if the government is planning to adopt the proposals outlined Sunday by the council MacDonald said the government now is examining vari ety of other studies related to pensions The councrls report would be considered along with the others Plane chase by police in vain AUCKLAND tAIt 15yearold youth carrying Bible and his will stole small private plane frorn an airport hanger Monday flew it for 31 hours and then crashed and Itd polic say Two policemen and flight instructor from the airfield chased the youth Kenneth Allen McMillan in another airplatie but were unable to contact him by radio authorities said Embassies employees get chance to leave WASHINGTON AP le pcndcnts and nonessential per sonnel at 10 US embassies iii the turbulent Islamic world are being given chance to come home at government expense The state department says the voluntary drawdown is not an evacuation is only tcm porary and that thc embassies Last medical barrier for shah NEW YORK iAPt taria dian radiologist will remove gallstone from the deposed shah of Iran this week an operation that apparently will remove the last medical barrier to his leaving the lnitcd States sources say Medical sources said Dr Joachim Burlicnnc of an couvct flew to New York on Monday night They said the operation may be performed as soon as today or Wednesday Doctors familiar with the procedure say that barring cotiiplicatioiis the shah could travel as soon as he wishes once it is over The shah was toppled last February amt eventually settled iii MtMtO After he came to the lnltcd States last month for surgery militant Iranian students seized the Embassy in Tehran lII protest and to demand the Shahs extradition to face trial for alleged crimes during his reign Due to the lireptmos and chimneys ATTENTION HOMEOWNERS continued howrd of we once again request your co operation in complying to the regulations of the City of Burns in all to countries will remain open The department also is advis ing US citizens living in the af fected countries of its decision but will not pay for their tick ets There was no estimate of how many people will return to the United States or how long they will stay The state department refused to name the 10 countries but of ficials said privately that Iraq Syria Lebanon and North Ye men were involved and that Turkey Jordan and Egypt were not Iti addition to those 10 countries dependents and non essential personnel have al ready been withdrawn from Af ghanistan Pakistanand Iran WARNING In all automobile insurance polity holdeia of Sergeant Inntome Com puloty third party liability insuiooto omo into effort on Docambar 779 You may be raqurrad to ptoducl pink automobile liability cllll0 or lrxo possible tin of $700 The artfruit should bu orriod in thc vehicle at all times It mutaid grya vi all and no will immodratoly thOKQ the or riliiula sarieant AritNl itMiIlt insurance 100 ll HIM ID IAIIII ONT FS if drivar do not have valid third pqivy liabilty iniuiqiiie in toico that may he line lowed from 85m to pin lvtpolnro at dliiill lkonco improperly constructed caviar assuaufyu alert to meet any US seaborne attack All Ira nian forces are in state of any attempt by the US hostages being held in the by armed students AP Photo Wants Hydro to give consumers break TORONTO CV pposrtion Leader Stuart Smith wants the Ontario government to order Ontario Hydro to give con sumers break in its proposed electricity rate increases for l980 The Liberal leader told the legislature on Monday that the cabinet should roll back increases to consumers who are facing higher interest rates and oil prices next year He called on the government to permit residential con sumers to buy basrc amount of electricity at the cheapest rate Boxer found guilty of charge TORONTO CP county court jury found mid dleweight boxer Eddie Melo of Toronto guilty Monday of wounding bouncer outside tavern during fight last year The fight began after two bouncers followed Melo out side the tavern in February 1978 Retired movie producer ailing PALM SPRINGS Calif AP Darryl Zanuck major figu almost 40 years remains uncons tion at Desert Hospital where hospitalofficials sav from aoonfimn Pit PGS SR t3 reptares 89s The F32 AllWinter Radial is the tire 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tario intergovernmental affairs minister told reporters after de livering similar stern war mng in the legislature No matter how gently Pre mier Rene Levesques white paper is worded it is asking Quebecers to vote this spring for political independence Wells told the house And On tario wont accept it The emotional atmosphere surrounding the political rup ISTANBUL AP The meeting between Pope John Paul II and Ecumenical Patri arch Demetrius in Turkey this week will open doctrinal dia logue seeking to clear the way for reunification of Christian itys two largest branches Roman Catholicism and East ern Orthodoxy after almost nine centuries of schism The discussion Friday in Is tanbul between the two leaders of almost one billion Christians will be brief But Metropolitan Bartholomew of the Eastern Orthodox Synod said it will be the prelude to periodic meetings beginning next year of joint Roman Catholic Orthodox committee of doc trinal experts Among the chief subjects of discussion will be the Popes authority in the church and the permanence of marriage bonds The Pope claims primacy of government over all Christians while the Eastern Orthodox churches operate as sister churches and concede to the patriarch in Istanbul only primacy of honor And the Roman Catholic church refuses to recognize divorce while the eodiness to meet Oil topic ABU DHABI AP Most Iexporting countries probably will maintain oil production at their current high levels and are expected to increase prices only slightly in 1980 the chairman of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries says believe OPEC will be re sponsible in this situation Mana Saeed Oteiba Abu Dhabis oil minister told re porters Monday in reference to OPECs meeting in Caracas Venezuela Dec 17 to fix new oil rices and more ture of Canada would ensure that no Ontario government would be inclined to negotiate sovereignty association he Said In any event it would not be in our interests to do so and the proposal as it has been put before us simply will not work His statement was detailed response to the white paper on sovereigntyassociation relea sed by the Parti Quebecois government Nov which calls for treaty arrangement between Canada and Quebec to replace Confederation BLASTS PAPER Shortly after the paper was tabled in Quebecs national as sembly Ontario Premier Wil Trying to close religion schism Orthodox and most other Chris tian churches do TOHONOR SAINT The Pope arrives in Turkey Wednesday for threeday visit to Ankara Istanbul Izmir and Ephesus He will meet with Pa triarch Demetrius for prayers Thursday night and again Fri day morning at the patriar chate to take part in service honoring the Apostle Andrew the patron saint of the Church of Constantinople as Istanbul was called before 1930 St Andrew is believed to have been the first to preach the Christian gospel in the city Following the religious serv ice the Pope and the patriarch will sit down together in the pa triarchs office for their talk Bartholomew said with them will be Johannes Cardinal Will ebrands of the Netherlands and Metropolitan Meliton of Chalce don their churches leading ex perts in the field of Christian unity Asked whether the patriarch expects reunification in the foreseeable future Bartholo mew quoted Demetrius as say ing Only God knows You cant expect miracles After all we have been split since the year1054 The metropolitan said all the Orthodox churches including the Russian and Bulgarian fully support the unity move ment low Won negotiate sovereignty Wells liam Davis called it the ulti mate copout selfimposed ghetto mentality surely be heath the dignity of the French Canadian people Wells echoed that feeling Monday adding that Ontario newspaper editorials and people he has met generally back this view Bill Davis said it strong and he said it well Wells said out side the house We think it is very important for the people of Quebec to know we are not in terested in negotiating it af fects us as much as 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