Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 6, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free press tuesday january 6, 1976 opposition maps slam Gandhi pm accused of undermining democracy by Myron l. Belk1nd new Delhi a opposition political leaders accused prime minister Indira Gandhi of undermining parliamentary democracy monday As her government pro claimed her first six months of emergency Rule in India a glowing Success. The traditionally splintered opposition showed rare anti government Unity on the opening Day of parliament s Winter session which leaders the governing Congress party had thought would be limited to ceremony and a presidential address. Since the proclamation of the emergency this demo Cracy has been twisted and said Independent my p. G. Whoe father was speaker of the first parliament after India Avon its Independence from Britain in 1947. More than a half dozen opposition leaders and independents criticized the government and complained about the continued detention of at least 30 leading opposition maps. The emergency began last june 26 with arrest of opposition leaders suspension of most civil liberties and imposition of press censorship. Since then parliament has become the Only open forum in which opposition leaders can speak though they Are heavily censored. Mrs. Gandhi who listened to the criticism complained in a Brief address that in the past some irresponsible officials hat abused their legislative privilege and weak ened parliament. It has been Wiir constant Endeavor to preserve Parlia meat s authority and to enlarge its capacity to Deal with she said. The constitutional head of state president fake Rudd Ali Ahmed delivered a government prepared speech de fending the emergency. Declaration of emergency. The new economic program and the Steps taken to tone up efficiency in All spheres of National life have had a dramatic effect on the he said. Diffidence and apathy have Given place to Confidence that we can face our problems successfully if we Are disciplined and United and do not allow our energies to he frittered away. Our people have Given overwhelming support to the Steps taken by the government and have welcomed the change in the atmosphere in the most opposition maps boycotted Ahmed s speech but returned to the House for. The debate that followed the election As speaker of Bali ram Bhagat o the Congress party which holds a two thirds majority in the lower House. The vote was 344 to 58. The Way the opposition has been gagged. And the Way censorship has been imposed Here has been very painful to Samar Mukherjee of the marxist communist party said. The opposition is the Oil lubricant of the wheels of de said Krishnan Manoharan. Of a regional party in tamil Nadu state. He urged the new speaker to protect the rights of opposition members. Parliament must not become a Handmaiden of the sex said Frank Anthony Leader of the country s Anglo Indian Community. The sovereignty and supremacy of parliament should not be whittled Down from any said Indra it Gupta of the pro Moscow communist party frequent Auy of mrs. Ghandi in parliament. Britain France defend plane u. S. Agency urges concorde ban the Washington Post Washington the . Environmental Protection Agency Epa told transportation Secretary William t. Colemanjr. Monday that he should deny the British and French request that their concorde supersonic trans port land in new York and Washington. The formal Epa recommendation came at a sort of International Tow i meeting or Coleman held to help him1 decide whether to give concorde Landing rights in the United states. He has promised to decide within 30 Days. Or. Coleman heard a care fully prepared defence of the concorde from the British and the French and a less Well orchestrated but equally committed at tack on the plane from a variety of environmental groups. He heard from., such diverse personalities As a British Bishop opposed to the concorde and the mayor of Cleveland who want it to land in his City. He heard concorde de scribed As a Marvel of technology and As a winged White he heard sen. Barry Goldwater say that if the United states locks out the concorde we will give further evidence the . Is becoming a has been world sen. Gold water s frequent ally sen. James l. Buckley said there is no such thing As a Mono lithic conservative Point of he said he failed to understand How the inter ests of those people living in the flight paths of the con Corde can be overridden by those who want to shave a few hours off of the trans Atlantic flight. The Basic arguments pro and Eon were not new As one of or. Coleman s aides conceded about Halfway through the Day Long session. But this is a Chance to see the people face to he said. It gives us the Opportunity to measure the Emo Tion of the situation and the persuasiveness of the a the primary arguments against concorde have been that it is too noisy too dirty and that tie emissions from its engines into the strato sphere will deplete the pro t e c t i v c Ozone shield that guards humans against the Sun s ultraviolet radiation thus increasing the incidence of skin cancer. Moscow s attitude puzzles Egypt Cairo renter egyptian foreign minister Ismail Fahmi called on the soviet Union monday to explain Why it did not make up Egypt s military losses in its october 1973, War with Israel. He said his government has been greatly surprised by the soviet attitude and added we cannot imagine that the leaders in Moscow want to weaken Egypt. We want an answer on the soviet Union s failure to make up our losses during the october 1973, War despite what article 8 of the Friend ship and co operation treaty stipulated on strengthening Egypt s defence capabilities and promoting bilateral Mili tary observers Here said Fahmi s remarks amounted to accusing the of breaking the treaty Between the two countries and also might be considered veiled reminder that Moscow should meet its military commitments before Egypt settled its financial debts to Moscow. Fahm emphasized that the treaty existed As Long As Lead ers of both countries consider in an effective Way to promote Friendship and understanding. A pealing to a joint meeting of several committees the people s Assembly Fahmi said Moscow should express understanding toward Egypt s problems in paying its debts. He said most countries have waived claims to All or part of military debts particularly if the debtor and indebted Are Friendly countries. Pressing for settlement of without consideration of the indebted circumstances would be a kind of political he told the meet ing. Recent talks in Cairo be tween egyptian and soviet officials on rescheduling Cairo s debts to Moscow a the soviets Are re ported by egyptian officials to have refused Cairo s re quest for a 10-year Grace period before repaying the debts Over 30 to 40 years. East european sources Here said the soviet Union has also refused to Grant a Grace period for certain categories of military debts. What Egypt owes the soviet Union has never been Dis closed but finance minister Ahmed Abu Ismail told the Assembly last week that foreign debts until sep tember 1975, totalled billion. The save your life diet bored with counting calories fed up with limiting carbohydrates would you like to lose weight and keep it off january Reader s digest presents a diet that could change your eating habits and save your life condensed from the Book by Best Selling author or. David r. 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We Are prepared to veto any Resolution that is not helpful to peace in the Middle to some israeli and Ameri e a n observers Funseth s statement appeared to allow for a . Modification of the two Israel insists Are that modification promoted peace efforts. I Eilat blockade listed Tel Aviv a Resi dents of Israel s red sea re sort of Eilat lifted a blockade monday that had trapped about tourists after the government agreed to continue operating biblical Era Copper mines. Life returned to Normal after a two hour meeting be tween Haim bar lev com Merce and Industry minister and striking Airport and bar speak Crench 3y april 30 Well have you speaking by april 30 and we can say this because of the Berlitz method of talking language instruction Berlitz schools of languages the Berlitz school of languages the concourse Lombard place Winnipeg Manitoba r3b 0x4 tron Lolion Ond interrelation services. German Spanish italian Etc b o r workers. A workers spokesman said they had accepted the minister s Promise not to close the mines until suitable jobs Are found i Eilat for the mine workers. The town residents had put up blockades to protest the planned closure of the mines which the time of King Solomon and have been mined by the modern israelis since 1950. Tempers still were High earlier monday As a shouting crowd of townspeople pre vented bar lev from negotiating with the striking air port and Harbor workers. Bar lev who flew to Eilat aboard an air Force plane was kept inside a Small air port hut for More than 00 minutes by the crowd. Negotiations with the town s leaders began Only after the minister climbed onto the roof of the but and spoke to the crowd which then dispersed. Several Hundred tourists who were scheduled to leave the town by plane monday left by bus after the Road. Clock was lifted. Others sat around their Eilat hotels or on the beaches everything was reported closed except food stores. Israelis occupying Village Tel Aviv a israeli settlers have begun moving into a new Village near the ceasefire line with Syria on the occupied Golan Heights. The move comes despite protests last month from . State Secretary Henry Kis Singer that new settlements might complicate attempts to reach new peace agreements Between Israel and her Arab foes. The new Village still unnamed is the i9th jewish settlement on the plateau captured from Syria in the 1967 War. The jewish Agency which oversees settlement said another three communities will be built within plans for the four new Vil Lages were made Long ago but the government withheld approval until just before Christmas in an Effort to avoid conflict with its closest ally the United states. Siberia oozes Gold Moscow Reuter West Siberia where Oil extraction began Little More than 10 years ago will be producing about half of the soviet Union s Oil by 1980, a senior official was quoted As saying monday. Prof. Viktor Murav Lenko head of the Tyumen Region Gas and Oil Fields told Tass news Agency that by the end of the decade the West siberian Fields would be turning out 300 to 310 million metric tons of Oil a year. The five year plan beginning this year Calls for total Oil production of 620-640 million metric tons in 1980, its final year. The soviet Union the world s leading Oil producer extracted about 490 million metric tons last year of which West Siberia accounted for about 145 Milbon. West Siberia s contribution will Rise to 180 million metric tons this year said or. Murav Lenko. For Quaty photo Misong with fish replacement Atn extra charge new silk finish big bord Erless prints at no extra charge from Kod Colour Gap Colour woolco Colour and Fuji Colour films Only sizes and 135 my Weare pleased to feature our new bord Erless prints with the super silk finish available. Now on your Colour print orders super silk finish for the Finger proof professional look. 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