Winnipeg Free Press

Tuesday, November 21, 1978

Issue date: Tuesday, November 21, 1978
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 21, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free press tuesday november world 500 detained in search for culprits gunboats end ferry seizure hijackers melt into crowds Istanbul a ten armed youths described As maoists hijacked an International ferry carry ing 750 passengers monday but then freed the skipper and mingled in the crowd As gunboats escorted the Craft Back to Shore authorities re ported. All the passengers except Chil Dren were searched on leaving the ferry Skudar and about 500 per sons were detained for questioning As authorities tried to pick out the hijackers. Investigators said the left Wing militants apparently decided to seize the boat after they were re fused permission to attend funeral rites for one of two comrades slain Friday. The youths exchanged shots with police when they were turned away from the morgue and then ran to the Skudar s loading pier about 1.6 Kilometre away and boarded the vessel. Police sources said 10 youths forced their Way into the Captain s Cabin and ordered him at gunpoint to sail the ferry out of its Dock at Zarakoy Istanbul s sector on the european Side of the bosporus Strait. As the boat criss crossed the Strait that separates Asia and Europe two gunboats went in Pursuit and the hijackers ordered the Cap Tain to head for the Mara mar sea at the Southern Mouth of the bosporus. During the two hour enforced cruise they also demanded the cof fins and bodies of their slain friends be delivered to the boat that the killers be arrested and a meeting be arranged with Istanbul gov. Ihsan Tekin. Authorities rejected All demands and the gunmen left the Captain s office and joined the throng of apprehensive passengers. Police said no one was Hurt in the shooting near the morgue but 20 persons were arrested in the Vicin Ity. A funeral was in Progress for Aziz Colak a University student. Colak and a Friend both re ported to be linked with groups of revolutionary maoists were shot to death in a shopping Centre Friday presumably by right Wing extremists. At least 750 persons most of them Young men have been killed this year by terrorists of both left and right Wing organizations. In the capital of Ankara Interior minister irian cd Aidinli said the government will not tolerate illegal acts of political now enjoy Plain end smoking All Day smoother famous Export taste. All Day. Warning health and welfare Canada advises Hal danger to health increases with amount inhaling 16mg 0 9mg nicotine. Applause drowned out maps jeer return of mrs. Gandhi new Dehli a jeers drowned out the applause when former prime minister Indira Gandhi re turned to parliament on monday to take the seat she won in a special election earlier this month. It is the first time mrs. Gandhi has held an elected Post since her 11 years in Power ended 20 months ago in a stunning electoral de feat. Skunk murderer go members of both the governing janata party and the communist party shouted As mrs. Gandhi glided Down the aisle and took her place in the first Row of he opposition party benches. Unruffled by the harsh reception mrs. Gandhi re cited the parliamentary oath i Indira Gandhi having been elected a member of the House of the people do swear in the name of god that will Bear True Faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India she said. Immediately afterwards a janata member shouted or. Speaker sir does she believe in the the jeer was an apparent a photo Indira Gandhi jeered in parliament reference to a government Cabinet in violation of inquiry that found mrs. The before Gandhi did not consult her imposing a state of Emer gency in june 1975. Mrs. Gandhi s Stormy re entry into parliament is part of a political come Back which her supporters Hope will Lead to the prime minister s Post. Mrs. Gandhi has said she would refuse the role of opposition Leader but it is hers for the asking. Her Indira Congress party formed when she left the Congress party last january now controls an estimated 77 seats in the 540-member lower House. Prime minister Morarji Desai s governing janata party holds 304 seats the Congress party 68, the communist marxist party 22 and the rest Are divided among Small regional Par ties. Mrs. Gandhi 61, has Pur sued a political comeback despite the efforts of Desai s government to prosecute her on various charges. She was arrested in october 1977, but was released because of a mag Istrate s finding of insufficient evidence. She was charged this summer with forcing Pri vate companies to provide jeeps for her party s March 1977, election Cam ihe1new1979 Mazda Glt Wagon has As Many features As the 1979 Glt and something More. More space. For Many people 86 cubic feet of passenger and cargo space in a Hatchback is More than s what the 1979 Glt has. Other hatchbacks like the Honda civic can Only wish they had that much space but maybe that s not enough for you. Maybe you have to carry around More or bigger things than any Hatchback will hold. Maybe what you need is a station Wagon. But suppose you Don t want an enormous Gas guzzling Hulk of a Wagon that s going to Tike up two lanes on the Road. In that Case we re sure you la be big on a sub compact Wagon like the new Glt Wagon. It s got More cargo space than the Glt. Yet the new Glt Wagon is Only 9" longer. In other words there s a lot inside for such a Small outside. The new Glt Wagon in t a Hatchback in disguise Eithen it May resemble the Glt somewhat but it was built to be a Wagon. For example the new Glt Wagon weighs More than the Glt it s 2 inches higher in the Hack it has bigger front disc More pulling Power and quieter operation. It also gives excellent Gas Economy Ubu can expect to get pm 71 Highway pm 51 Urban and pm and instead of giving you a Long list of options you d have to pay extra for die Glt deluxe and the new Glt Wagon give you a Long list of Standard features which include rear window Washer and wiper. Electric rear window windows. Trip odometer. Split rear cuts. Mirror. Wall to Wall Cut pile carpeting in both passenger compartment and cargo area. Fully reclining bucket seats. Tower assisted front disc brakes. Just look at what we put into our 1979 Glt Wagon. And just think of what you la be Able to. The 1979 Mazda Glt Hatchback Glt Wagon. . Cars International Ltd. 951 Portage Avenue 786-4711 Steinbach Peters Auto sales 197 main Street 326-9224 brakes a bigger Gas tank. And higher Road clearance than the Glt. And yet with All these differences there Are similarities. This year All 1979 Glucs and Glt wagons have a new higher performance engine. It gives improved acceleration tin tests i met Luik Lor .1 4-Speeil Csc t a of Pimption will Urkin Winter consumption he . Consult the i1w clinic Tor Small car Centre 55o Pembina Highway 475-3982 pain. She was also charged with contempt for refusing to testify at an official inquiry into alleged abuses committed during the 19-month emergency period that she introduced. She is currently free on bail. Although the parliament seat provides no Protection against the charges some observers think mrs. Gandhi May be Able to stall Legal proceedings by citing the necessity of her appear Ance at numerous parliamentary debates. The emergency declared june 25, 1975, began with arrests of mrs. Gandhi s top critics including Desai and others now in his Cabi net. It was marked by strict press censorship forced sterilization of thousands of persons and the Rise of mrs. Gandhi s son Sanjay who wielded considerable Power although he held no official Post. A voter backlash in the 1977 election in Northern India where emergency abuses were concentrated brought Desai s janata party to Power. Mrs. Gandhi lost her own seat and was forced to resign the prime minister s Post. Algerian Leader reported very ill the Washington Post Washington Algeri an president Houari Bou Modiene appeared to be fighting for his life monday after american medical specialists rushed to Al Giers to treat a kidney ill Ness that has kept the Mili Tant Arab Leader secretly hospitalized for nearly two months. Four . Military physicians were flown urgently to Algeria from american bases in West Germany late sunday night after the United states received an emergency request for help . Officials said monday. Two French specialists in kidney disease were also reported on their Way from Paris. Bou Modiene returned to Algiers last tuesday from the soviet Union where he spent five weeks in a convalescent Hospital. Algerian television referred to Bou Modiene s health problems for the first time saturday in announcing that the regularly scheduled sunday Cabinet meeting had been can celled and that Boule Diene was under medical supervision. No details were Given about the presi Dent s illness which has kept him out of Public View for nearly two months. The signs of increased danger to the life of the austere enigmatic Boule Diene whose exact age and Early personal history re main cloaked in mystery Are certain to intensify speculation Al jut his Suc Cessor and Coull touch off a Power struggle inside Alge Ria. Until now Middle East specialists in Washington report potential successors have consciously adopted a business As usual approach to the Power vacuum created by the illness of Bou Modiene who seized Power in a military coup against former president Ahmed Ben Bella in 1965 ;