TORONTO - The
economic picture will
brighten in every
Canadian province next
year, but the recovery
will not’ come _ soon
enough to be felt in. 1982,
Royal Bank of Canada
economists say.

The Royal's
Econoscope,_ released
Thursday, said economic
improvement should
begin in the last quarter
of 1982-and “gather steam

thoughout
1984.”

And in a wide-ranging
discussion with reporters,
Edward Neufeld the

n
off a eae that “maws
guidance systems for U.S.
Cruise Missiles, injuring
eight --people.- -Fhe—
company’s — president
blamed terrorists Friday
for the blast.

“We. could feel the
explosion two miles
away,’ a .police
spokesman said of the
blast late Thursday at the

. Litton Systems Canada,
' Ltd., plant.

OTTAWA - Prime
Minister Pierre Trudeau's
request for three con-
secutive nights of
national television and
radio time to outline
Canada’s economic
problems has outraged
opposition leaders.

In a letter to the
Canadian Broadcasting
Corp. Thursday, Trudeau
said he needed 15-
minutes of prime time on
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday “to address the
Canadian people on the
internatinal and domestic

_ sees recovery

1983 - and-—

Terr rorists

front of the building.

bank’s chief economist,
said the employment rate
will fall 2.5 percent this
year but climb 1.4 per-
cent next year and 2.2
percent in 1984.

He also predicted a 4.4
percent plunge in gross
national product this year
before it rises 2 percent in
1983 and 3 percent in
1984.

The Econoscope
suggested the Bank of
Canada adopt a cautious
fiscal approach “given the
extreme volatility of
interest rates in U.S.
financial markets during
recent years.”

following a telephoned
warning call were among
the eight people injured

minister of municipal: affairs
to relieve the woman.of her
$165. 89 tax penalty. an

provincial one. |
In the meanfime, council
agreed to petition the

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taxes and interest at any time’ *
without being -_.-pay-he tax S.

Alderman. Robert ‘‘Hicks - :

complimented the West Van
staff for bringing. the
program to the taxpayer's
attention and helping her —
with the application. He also

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tate Thirsday, police
said. The others injured
were plant workers.
_ Litton . spokesman
Chuck Pittman said’ the
company received an_
advance telephone’ tip
m a woman who said
the van containing |
“dynamite was. parked in

problems facing
country at this time.”

A CBC spokesman said
the network had accepted
Trudeau’s request for air
time on both the English
and French-language
television and radio
networks.

He said Trudeau
wanted three segments
rather than one 45-
minute time slot because
he “wants people to think
about what he has to say
and to reflect for at least
24 hoiurs before he
continues into the next
segment.

the

Reagan offers
grain to USSR

WASHINGTON -
President Reagan Friday
offered to sell up to 23
million metric tons of
U.S. grain to the Soviet
Union, and pledged to
U.S. farmers andthe
Soviet Government that
any sales would not be
disrupted by politically
inspired embargoes for
180 days.

Reagan made the
announcement ina
special radio broadcast to
farm audiences, delivered

from the White House
and transmitted through
the facilities of station
WHO in Des Moines,
lowa, where Reagan awas
a sportscaster in the

1930's

In the face of huge
domestic bumper crops
and low commodity
prices, Reagan said the
Soviets will be able to buy
up to 23 million tons of
grain during the 1983
marketing ycar

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