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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 25, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 Winnipeg free press saturday april 25.1981 French rejection of Giscard becomes increasingly possible the los Angeles times centres on the race for so not Nilarp in crash in _ a. The los Angeles times Paris Valery Giscard d Estwing s Chance for a second seven year term As president of France Hung in the balance yesterday As campaigning officially ended for the first round of voting tomorrow. Giscard is still regarded As certain to win a first round plurality Over his nine rivals but the margin is expected to be so thin and his Normal right Wing support so fractured that his def Eafon the second round run off May 10 is considered increasingly possible. The two top finishers tomorrow will meet in the run off. On the first round the interest hearing considers abortion Washington Reuter the first stage of . Senate hearings on an anti abortion Bill ended yesterday after seven doctors said life begins at con caption but one argued that medical opinions cannot be used to justify out Lawing abortion. The two Day hearings on the controversial and Complex Issue of when life begins have been criticized As one sided by the american civil liberties Union feminist and religious organizations. The Bill would proclaim an embryo a human life from the moment of Concep Tion making abortion murder. A 1973 . Supreme court decision struck Down All Laws restricting abortion in the first three months of pregnancy. Or. Leon Rosenberg chairman of Yale University s human genetics department told the hearing yesterday if Congress now decides to outlaw Abor Tion Don t ask science or medi Cine to help justify that course because they ask your conscience ask your priest rabbi or even your god because it is in their Domain that the matter Rosenberg said. Senator John East the North Caro Lina Republican who led the proceed Ings said this will not be an Arma Geddon. This will be an exhaustive extensive Public debate on a very sensitive moral the hearings resume next month. Each of the seven other doctors quoted various medical authorities As say ing that life begins at Conception. Or. Alfred Bongiovanni professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Pennsylvania said human life is present from Conception to adulthood and any interruption at any Point throughout this time constitutes a termination of or. Jasper Williams who termed himself a Little gynaecologist from a poor Section of said human life begins when after the ovum is fertilized the new combined cell mass begins to when asked when human life should begin to be protected by Law Rosen Berg replied at the Point of viability at the Point a human being can exist on its own outside the Bongiovanni noted that very Prema Ture infants now can be kept alive in newly developed incubators. Babies Are not to be put in trash he said. To become Law the Bill would have to be passed by a simple majority of the Senate and House of representatives and then be signed by Reagan who has said he supports it. Centres on the race for second place Between socialist party Leader fran Cois Mitterrand and gaullist Leader Jacques Chirac. The Surprise of the Campaign has been the Strong surge of right Wing support for Chirac. The final polls published last week end showed the president s support had fallen in the last four months from 35 per cent to less than 28 per cent. Mitterrand has also slipped from a High 6f 25 per cent to 22 per cent. Chirac on the other hand has climbed from 11 per cent when the Campaign got under Way to 20 per cent and in a jubilant mood at the final Campaign press conference yesterday predicted that he not Mitterrand would face Giscard in the Runoff. Giscard has appeared increasingly edgy and defensive. The president does not like the hurly Burly of politics unlike Chirac who revels in aggressive tactics or Mitterrand who has spent practically his entire political life try ing to win elections. Giscard started the Campaign with a manner of lofty indifference. As presi Dent of France he indicated he was above the political fray even though he did have to run for re election. Even when he announced he would be a it seemed As though he were temporarily stepping Down from a throne to run. Where else in what other would you find the president going from place to place to ask for votes where else would you find him taking turns on the radio and television with nine other candidates and even submit Ting to a draw for order of appearing and coming out fourth or he said at one wind up election rally. It was a revealing line for Giscard to be taking for the French people Are aware that there Are democratic elections elsewhere in the world and that Ronald Reagan Margaret Thatcher and Helmut Schmidt All have to go seeking votes. Moreover however Monarch a the president wishes to appear he cannot escape political facts like 1.6 million unemployed a stagnant Economy ambiguities and weakness in his foreign policy along with of diamonds that he accepted in 1.972 from then pres ident Jean Bedel Bokassa of the Cen trial african Republic. There Are posters All Over Paris with the president s aristocratic features gazing out at the voters with Dia monds pasted Over the eyes. The implications of what will happen on the second round to the votes for the other nine candidates on the first round Are enormous. Chirac is fighting tooth and Nail to take right Wing gaullist votes away from Giscard and a poll Early in the Campaign showed that Only 20 per cent of those who vote Chirac would automatically vote for the presi Dent in the run off. On the other hand this same poll showed that 75 per cent of those who vote for communist party candidate George Marchais tomorrow would automatically shift to Mitterrand on May 10. Whoever wins this election the Politi Cal condition of France is changing. The onslaught of Chirac from the right and Mitterrand from the left will seriously erode the Power and effectiveness of the citizen candidate if he returns to the Elysee Palace. Former afghan adviser claims slain House shredded bipp1 by accompanying heavy on the Secl society Hopes stunt gets snakebite Santa Clara Calif. A a daredevil who plans to jump into a tiny wading Pool full of rattlesnakes has landed smack in the Middle of a dispute with a humane society. Santa Clara humane society director Warren Broderick objects to today s planned stunt because snakes used to desert heat May not adjust to the water. It la be an awful Shock to their said Broderick. They la probably be thinking they Are drown Gary ferry a representative for the carpet company sponsoring the dive by Captain America said he does t think the stunt is cruel. This will be a lot easier on the snakes than say a Rodeo is on horses and he said. The society promised to seek a court injunction to Stop the show and barring that it will picket the event. Captain America fit Ness advocate Alan Jones of Daly City unavailable for com ment. Recently in Seattle he Dove into a Pool of rattlesnakes and piranhas. But he Cut his hand As he entered the Pool the fish went into a frenzy and it took 80 stitches to put him Back together again. By Tyler Marshall the los Angeles times new Delhi India the former economic adviser to Afghanistan s president Babrak Karmal said yester Day afghans have died either fighting to overthrow the regime and its marxist predecessors or before government execution squads. Mir Mohammad Siddiq Farhang a one time Cabinet minister who served the Karmal government for 10 months before defecting to India estimated that nearly 20 per cent of Afghanistan s 12 million people had fled the country in the last three years. Farhang made his comments to newsmen As part of a comprehensive assessment of the three year marxist Rule in Afghanistan. Monday is the third anniversary of the coup that brought Nur Mohammad Taraki to Power. Opposition to marxist policies Trig gered an insurgency that eventually led to the soviet invasion in december 1979. Little hard data other than reports from refugees the former economic expert admitted he had Little hard data to support his claims. He said he made his estimates mainly through extrapolation of the figures he had. He noted for instance that afghanis Tan s second marxist president Hafizullah Amin shortly after coming to Power in september of 1979, published a list of persons who had been executed in Kabul s Pule charkhi Pris on during Vakaris Rule. Amin was killed when the soviets invaded Tamari died mysteriously a few months ear Lier. There Are very few families who Haven t suffered the loss of at least one member during the last three he said. The marxist economic programs have also been disastrous for the coun try Farhang said. None of the key elements of the 1979-1984 five year plan have been implemented and production of principal Cash crops has fallen below 1979 Levels. Reforms such As land redistribution a mass literacy Campaign and univer Sal education have failed he said. Farhang served in the afghan Parlia ment with Karmal during the 1960s. When the soviets invaded the country they ousted Amin and installed Karmal As president Farhang said Karmal asked him to join the regime in an apparent Effort to broaden its accept ability. Farhang said that he accepted the Job of presidential economic adviser because Karmal promised to work for a withdrawal of soviet troops Yand con duct elections. West May fix deadline London Reuter Canada and other Western governments frustrated by Lack of Progress at the euro Pean Security conference Are consid ering issuing an ultimatum to the Kremlin. They will decide shortly whether to fix a deadline to end the five month Long meeting in Madrid even if it fails to agree on new Steps to Advance East West detente Allied sources said. Moves to break the deadlock would be studied when officials of the Europe an common Market and the 15 nato governments meet at the Hague and in Brussels next week. The consultations have been called to align Western policy before the Confer ence of 35 Western communist and Neutral european states resumes May 5 after a three week recess. Pressing for deadline angered by what they see As soviet stonewalling Britain and the nether lands Are pressing for a deadline. If the ultimatum is set it is Likely to be announced when nato foreign ministers meet in Rome on May 4 and Western governments still Hope for agreement on a nato backed French plan for a later conference to Dis cuss military Confidence building measures throughout Europe. That is the West s limited objective after months in which the Madrid meeting has been wrangling Over human rights and rival East West Dis armament proposals. If agreement proves impossible after about four weeks the sources said the West is Likely to propose the conference Cut its losses Issue a Bland final state ment and set a Date for another conference probably in 1983. South am a sanctions pondered United nations Reuter the Security Council has adjourned until monday debate on the Namibia impasse As african members Ponder pressing for sanctions against South Africa despite the threat of Western vetoes. Britain and the United states have appealed to them to withhold draft resolutions proposing mandatory curbs while the West tries again to bring the territory to Independence through negotiations. Although apparently making no promises the africans went into the weekend recess without having for Mally introduced the four or five Sanction resolutions they circulated privately the United states Britain France Canada and West Germany drafted a namibian Independence plan endorsed by the Council in 1978. South Africa agreed to the plan which Calls for unsupervised elections but has failed to implement it. Pretoria accuses the in of Bias in favor of the South West Africa peo ple s organization which is waging War against South african Rule in Namibia also known As South West Africa. The main South african supported party the democratic turn Halle Al Liance requested but was denied permission to take part in the Council proceedings. The five state Western Contact group agreed in London talks this week to seek a strengthened Independence plan. The idea met e hos tile reception from african Dele Gates. The West is said to favor cons Titu car auction will be classic Sale Pecatonica 111. A Jack Benny s 1910 Max Symbol of the late comedian s goes on the auction Block this weekend with an asking Price of the Maxwell is among several celebrity cars in the exhibition Hall of the Winnebago county Fairgrounds. Others Are Dean Martin s 1957 customized to Bird for Elizabeth Taylor s 1954 Mercedes convertible for and Jackie Onassis family s 1941 Packard open front town car for All Are owned by collectors. It s much easier and less expensive to get a celebrity car than a movie Star As an attraction said car Buff Lew Lazarus 32. The Maxwell is displayed by the car museum in Volo iii., not far from its Waukegan Home and is a sentimental showpiece for the collector car show and auction that Lazarus is staging for the eighth year. The three Day show is expected to draw enthusiasts from around the country with about 500 special cars crossing the Block. Several million dollars could change hands said Lazarus. Tonal guarantees including Protection for minorities in Advance of elections instead of afterwards As in the in approved proposals. Foreign ministers of the e Western group Are due to discuss the Issue again in Rome on May 4. Salim Ahmed Salim foreign min ister of Tanzania reminded the Western members last night that the in plan was drawn up by them. Yet whenever implementation seemed imminent South Africa came out with new demands prevarication and pretexts he said. Public hearings Northern Manitoba the Manitoba assessment review committee Churchill town Centre May 1, 1981 . Thompson City Hall May 4, 1981 . Lynn Lake Council Chambers May 5, 1981 . Flin flon Public Library May 6, 1981 . The Pas civic Centre May 7, 1981 . Presentations May be made verbally or in writing and May relate to any aspect of real property assessment. Inquiries should be directed to Manitoba or. R. N. Clarkson Secretary the Manitoba assessment review committee 1209-405 Broadway Winnipeg Manitoba. R3c 3l6 Telephone 944-2348 White Shell provincial Park draft master plan dear participants the draft master plan for White Shell provincial Park has been completed and will soon be available for your review. To clarify the purpose of White Shell several statements or precepts Are identified in the draft plan. These precepts establish that White Shell provincial Park will be Manitoba s key recreational lands in the Canadian shield. Protect and preserve significant examples of natural and human his tory. Provide opportunities for High Quality Cottaging and camping. Be managed to maintain a diverse sport fishery. Provide extensive Trail systems for year round use. Provide an accessible Bac country zone for non motorized recreational pursuits. Major sections of the draft plan discuss zoning recreational facilities resource management and fees. Four types of designated recreation zones in White Shell Are Bac country extensive intensive and Access. In addition there Are special areas represent ing significant natural and cultural resources. Camping facilities and a proposed recreational Village Are emphasized in the intensive recreation zones. Management programs relating to water fish vegetation wildlife and minerals Are outlined to both ensure the Protection and facilitate the use of these resources. Although fees apply to areas other than White Shell a proposed fee Structure relating to the whole of the Parks system is introduced in the draft plan since White Shell accounts for the greatest number of Park visitations. Details of the draft master plan will be presented at the Art gallery auditorium tuesday april 28, at . And at the seven Sisters wildlife Centre wednesday april 29, at . A summary of the draft plan will be sent to everyone on our mailing list. For those who require the Complete draft master plan copies will be available on written request. In the following weeks there will be Many opportunities to review and comment on the draft plan through workshops by written briefs or in person. Further information about Public participation in this step of the planning process will be provided at the above meetings and through the press. I will look Forward to your input towards finalizing the White Shell master plan. Yours truly Derek Doyle director of Parks. Manitoba Parks Branch ;