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U.S. braced for more terrorism

WASHINGTON - The State Department's top expert on terrorism said Friday it is possible that the setback Italy’s Red Brigades suffered in the rescue of Brig. Gen. James Dozier could trig- ger a new wave of ter- rorist acts against Americans.

“I think that since they attacked General Dozier, the gloves are off,” said Frank Perez,

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head of the depart- ment’s Office of Combatting Terrorism, “and it looks like we're targets in the future.”

Perez, interviewed on NBC’s “Today” show, took part in the U.S.- Itahan cooperation leading up to Dozier’s rescue Thursday. The general was held for 42 days by Red Brigades terrorists not far from his home in Verona.

in Poland

WARSAW, Poland - Food stores were jammed with customers stocking up on available goods before basic prices are raised by as much as 500 per cent Monday, a move which officials concede will lower the standard of living.

Poland's military leadership appeared ready to open the country to tourists this spring and Western

journahsts were told they could travel outside the capital for the first time since martial law was imposed Dec. 13.

Prices of food and fuel will be increased by up to 500 per cent and the military leaders waited tensely for consumer reaction. Similar price hikes caused riots in 1976 and 1978 and led to the strikes of 1980.

Tories continue budget attack

OTTAWA - The November budget will give {2 milhon Canadians $3 billion in tax cuts this year, Finance Minister Allan MacEachen said Friday as opposition MPs kept up their assault on the budget.

Conservative leader Joe Clark angnily charged that MacEachen~ was misleading taxpayers by claiming he was making

tax cuts by manntaining personal tax indexation and federal assistance programs.

“The truth, which he

tried to hide in his

budget, is that Mr

MacEachen will grab a total of —§$737,765,000 more in personal income taxes this year than he could) have managed under last year’s system,” Clark said before the

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RIVER SEARCH by RCMP divers below bridge at mouth of Capilano River was launched after calls to West Van police and the North Shore News by a man claiming he had seen a sports car plummet into the

water early Sunday morning. The search proved fruitless and was abandoned after a couple of hours.

Mass assessment

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Street, starting at 10:00 a.m.

The North Van District court opens its proceedings in North Van City (not District) Hall, 141 West 14th Street, at 1:30 p.m.

Both courts are open to the public.

West Van Mayor Dermnick Humphreys’ motion to file the blanket appeal was unanimously passed by council January 18.

Council members ex- pressed extreme concern over the average 41 per cent hike in assessments on West Van homes, arguing that the large increase does not reflect the market value of the properties for the ap plicable penod.

In North Van _ Dristnct councu the same evening the paralle! motion introduced by Mayor Don Bell had a bumpier nde, being opposed by Aldermen Peter Powell and Mary Scgal.

Powell — insisting that it was the responsibility of the individual property owner, not the Distnct, to appeal, threatened to sue the municipality if the blanket appeal was launched

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North Vancouver City did not initiate a blanket appeal.

The West Van and North Van appeals will be eagerly watched, not only by angry local taxpayers, but also by homeowners and municipalities throughout the Lower Mainland, where other sharp assessment increases have taken place.

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