A shelter for homeless families will be set up at the former US baselands in St. David's, if community activists have their way. This was revealed yesterday during Hamilton Lions weekly luncheon at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. ---- Page 2 SMITH HITS CAMPAIGN TRAIL PTL Smith hits campaign trail Opposition leader Jennifer Smith last night hit the campaign trail with her vision of the future. And she took the opportunity to plug the Progressive Labour Party's credentials for Government. ---- Page 3 MANS SAYS NIECE HARASSED HIM CTS Man says niece harassed him The man facing Supreme Court charges for having a sexual relationship with his under-age niece said he was harassed by the girl. But he admitted he never sought help from her parents or the Police. ---- Page 3 PROTECT UNIQUE HERITAGE NOW WKS Protect unique heritage now One of Bermuda's top maritime archaelogists has called for the speeding up of legislation to protect the nation's underwater heritage. Dr. Ed Harris, director of the Bermuda Maritime Museum, believes that a new law would enable the Island to look after and tap into a rich seam of shipwrecks in territorial waters. ---- Page 5 SPENDING BY VISITORS INCREASES TOU Spending by visitors increases New statistics underline a fourth quarter boom in many areas of the tourism industry except employment. And despite a slip in air arrivals, air visitors' expenditure on accommodation, food and entertainment was up according to Government's Bulletin of Statistics for the final quarter of 1997. ---- Page 5 REINSURER CRITICISES BERMUDA BUC Reinsurer criticises Bermuda The top executive for the giant French reinsurer Scor Group, Jacques Blondeau, which unsuccessfully established a Bermuda reinsurer during the capital rush of the early nineties, has said that Bermuda will "never, ever become a large insurance or reinsurance centre.'' ----Business, Page 9 LAWSUIT OVER PROPOSED MERGER BUC Lawsuit over proposed merger Bermuda reinsurers Mid Ocean Ltd. and Exel Ltd.'s top executives are being sued by a shareholder over the proposed merger of the two companies. ---- Business, Page 9 RANDOM DRUG TESTS ON HOLD DGS Random drug tests on hold Recreational athletes have been granted at least a month's reprieve from Island-wide random drug testing. But no such luck for international competitors, who remain in line for some of the strictest drug-free sports penalties in the world. ---- Sport, Page 21