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Show HAlhe I Salt Like Tribune. Thursday, Dcrember 26, 19H3 HAPPY HOLIDAY SAVINGS .... rcuch and British Pori and Ferry Lines i Channel Link Draws Opposition U'tu' B'ltom ond Ff(inct U ?0 Aln(h consortium wui build a link ocioss the nylih AP toi ' esponrlentv Channel, Robert and Paul TteuthunH toured ports oi both Sides cl the channel ond found v Of ul, but for lor n, opposition E ffi S Not port (or their opposition or for an analysis by the London stockbroker-agcompany of Phillips and Drew that contends a fixed link is not viable ' It seems difficult lo justify the expense of a channel tunnel given the relatively small benefits that are likely to arise as a result oi its construction." the Phillips and Drew study said Dover in southeast England handled 13 9 million passengers and 3 4 million tons of freight last year, with Calais and Boulogne sharing most ol that ferry traffic on the other side ol the waterway. All say they have plenty of capacity to meet future traffic growth. Businessmen say a fixed link will turn Dover into a ghost town. Environmentalists say the villages and farmland surrounding Kent, known as the "Garden of England." will be lost to choked expressways and terminal complexes. Opponents are par ticularly bitter that the government refuses to conduct the kind of public inquiry required for any local scheme. "Dover exists only because of the port." says local hotelier John Drover. "Nobody comes here to see the waves." Alan Stibbe. president of the Dover Chamber of Commerce, said investment will stop and property values plummet. "When the link opens, the people who are left will have the choice of liquidation or bankruptcy. he said. ' , Ten miles out of town, the oppoeU tion dies away because they see advantages from a fixed link," reports Flamengt, who says Calais could have lived with" the tunnel in 1973 By Paul Treuthardt Axsoeiab'd Press Writer A billboard in CALAIS, Kr.mee Britain shows a white elephant whose Hunk turns into a tunnel under the English Channel The billboard message is from the prosperous ports and lorry lines that oppose the latest revival of the 200ear-oldream of building a tunnel or bridge to link Franc e and Britain But the port and ferry opposition on both sides of the English Channel, or La Manehe. as it is called in French, appears powerless lo halt a project seemingly destined to begin Even ferry operators who contributed $600, Odd to a campaign against thy "fixed link" projects of tunnel, have their bridge, or bridge-tunnel- , rw n tunnel projects or have offered to join the winners. I "Nobody wants to listen to us." lamented Guy Flamengt. general manager of the Chamber of Commerce, cjhich runs the port of Calais. "It's a political decision at the level of President Francois Mitterrand and Jrime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The two leaders are scheduled to meet Jan. 20 in Lille, northern prance, to announce which consortium has been chosen to build the fixed link with private money. . I Officials at the three main channel Calais and Boulogne in Ijorts France and Dover in England see tjie project as a death sentence for tteir operations. With no government money involved, they cannot find political sup-- - - d 0 when a , PE. IbT-l- FP6, SAT y -- pZ&.piOT, UGW R2E&. that channel passengers increased and freight 4 to 5 times has kept us alive. Channel trade accounts for 93 percent of the port's income." Boulogne. 20 miles south, is France's largest fishing port, but the industry is in crisis and again the channel trade finances the port. The tuwn's shops catered to 7 million British "day trippers" last year. A fixed link would increase Boulogne's unemployment, already 16 percent, and cause "a fatal financial imbalance for the port, shops and service industries." according to a local Chamber of Commerce rpport. & PACK CANS 1 Manila Archbishop Secs Bleak Future 3 MANILA. Philippines (LTli - Cardinal Jaime Sin. the outspoken archbishop of Manila, delivered a grim holiday message Wednesday in Asia's only Christian country, saying Filipinos "lace the bleakest Christmas in living memory. On the political front, the official media leveled their sharpest attack yet against opposition presidential candidate Corazon Aquino as she and her rival. President Ferdinand Marcos. took a holiday break from campaigning. "It is unfortunate that the opposition put up a candidate without experience in government affairs, and whose campaign strategy is based on vengeance, hatred, emotion and sympathy. and less on the legitimate is- people," the state-ruNews Agency said. n oolD ADVERTISED PRICES- " WE ADD ON OUR L- -y I 272 So. SIM, S.LC. 47S0 So. JlodwooO M.. S.LC. . S7S So. tool. Mono S17T Wool 3600 So., Mofno 40 Wool No., ounMul 10070 So. 7th BwiOy 3644 Wool 4200 So.. Koomt O 000 So. 7700 Wool. W. Jordon 1150 No. 200 Wool. Provo MO W. Comor, Provo M sues affecting the country and' ' ' PRl CBS AP E EFFECTIVE 22 times previous project was launched, only to be canceled by the British government. ' "Now it would be suicide to support it." ho said "Calais' economy has col lapsed since 1973 and there is 20 percent unemployment Only the fact e announce Jon. ' : tel. 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