The. referendums on devolution for Scotland and Wales, held. Thursday, have apparently proved: British Prime Minister Jim Callaghan right. ‘The poll . was held to determine whether Scotland and Wales should. have gteater powers of self- “government, with provin- cial-type assemblies of their own, separate from the central parliament - at Westminster. L Passage of the devolution bill required a yes vote of 40 per cent of eligible v voters i in each country: in Scotland a majority of those voting opted for devolution, but the voter turnout was too small to qualify under the 40 per cent rule. In Wales the bill was -rejected outright. , Earlier Callaghan had said that the referendums would “pull the rug from under those who really do want to. break the United ‘Kingdom into several pieces.” Quake shakes proportions along = the Yukon-Alaska border Wednesday caused little or nodamage. ° Although the quake recorded a reading as high as 7.5 on the Richter scale, it was centred in remote, largely uninhabited areas. Alaska, Yukon An earthquake of major - ‘The shock was enough to cause plaster to crack in some «buildings, but its ef- fects bore no comparison to the severity of the 1964 Alaska earthquake. The shock was also felt for several seconds’ in Whitehorse and along the B.C. “Yukon border. small minate invasion of Vietnam, ‘major . battle was reported -Friday to be shaping. up. around the’ -north — Viet- namese provincial capital of Lang Son = a vital rail, road, tT and water junction about. The_colla pse-of-Ugandan- President Idi Amin’s regime Despite indications "that China is preparing to ter- its two-week-old appeared close Friday as At the same time a column tank and jet plane battles continued between the dic- _| tator’s supporters and oppos- | ting Ugandan forces. of Tanzanian invaders con- As the weekend approach- ed U.S. President Jimmy Carter was facing the tough- est challenge of his presi- dency to date in talks with Israeli Prime -Minister Menachem Begin, — seen as a last-ditch effort to save the mid-east peace negotiations from total collapse. — Begin, who met twice with Carter Friday, said on his arrival in the U.S. the previous day that Israel would not sign any document which went against the accords reached last fall at the Camp David summit with Carter and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Sadat, who declined to attend the current talks with the U.S. president, has indicated, meanwhile, Egypt will not compromise on the crucial issue. ~ Accept high food costs, Canadians told Finance Minister Jean Chretien has appealed to Canadians to put up with the high cost of imported food while a stronger economy is being built for the future. Chretien told the 12 mem- ber finance commitiee that the government knows con- sumers are suffering at the grocery store because of the devalued dollar. 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In Tokyo the official New yung, suggested that China China news. agency said a Amin regime on the ropes linued to move towards the Ugandan capital of Kampala from the south. ° According to Western diplomats, resistance ~by forces loyal to Amin was weakening and Amin had flown his family to Libya for safety. _ ‘The invaders — consisting of exiled Ugandans, Ugan- dan army deserters and white mercenariés, in addi- tion to Tanzanian troops — were said to number about 5,000. - They were reported Friday to be less than 100 kilometres from Kampala. iq 6 _ discounted ‘halting =the formal Chinese“ note had beeirsent to the Vietnamese embassy in Peking proposing talks “as soon as possible” to end the conflict. - In the U.S., Pentagon officials Thursday largely rumors. that Russia was: about to send combat troops to Vietnam. Meanwhile, Amin has. appealed to the Organization of African Unity for help in fighting. 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