Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 11, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba 12 Winnipeg free april 1983 if tap j j r j pm i b of if i Airlift to thai Bangkok a cargo planes were flying Long Range Howit Zers and ammunition to thai forces today As part of an emergency Airlift of weapons in Case of More vietnamese attacks along the thai cambodian Bor Thailand claimed saturday its forces had killed at least 250 vietnamese soldiers who it said had crossed the cambodian Border during the previous nine the vietnamese Are part of Vietnam cambodian occupation which has been sweeping the thai cambodian Frontier for cambo Dian rebels since March world in Kuala the assistant Secretary of state for asian Paul was quoted As saying Washington Hopes to increase its direct military Grant to Thailand by 50 per Malaysia Bergama news Agency reported Wolfowitz said the is currently providing million a year in such Grants and congressional approval of the increase is expected he is on a Southeast asian tour and daddy Reagan grabbed peking charges peking a China accused the United states today of political kidnapping in the Asylum Case of Tennis Star he a Day after it accused president Reagan of trying to play her Western All people who respect facts can see that this was not Only a Case of political abduction but also one of political the official Xinhua news Agency said in a commentary from Washington by its chief Peng China launched its first personal attack on Reagan in the quoting him As saying i would rather take her in myself than Send her in White House spokesman Peter Roussel said he was not aware Reagan had made that remark and declined comment on the her Western daddy the president of a formidable the peo Ples daily goes so far As to grab a chinese girl away from her parents and then offer his services As her Western on april 4 the despite chivas granted political Asylum to the 19yearold Tennis in China cancelled All remaining offi Cial cultural exchanges for 1983 and with Drew from 10 tournaments in the United states this the commentary today said authorities tried to use the incident As a political instrument for defaming China and sabotaging the rela when foreigners request permanent it their cases Are personal matters processed through immigration in he Nas it asked Why did they choose the form of political Protection which constitutes an insult to China and the Young sportswoman As Well the commentary said the incident was plotted from the beginning by certain without their it a Young chinese girl who didst speak English and was ignorant of society and never could have deserted her Tennis team and sought he a teenager with Little experience in it simply did not know what political Asylum was All went to the Philippines from malay the arms Airlift to Thailand began saturday when a air Force transport planes rushed heat seaking red Eye rockets and other weapons in what officials called a show of support for the thai Wolfowitz said the weapons were expedited deliveries of arms Al ready ordered by the handheld redeye surface to air which use heat detectors to find were flown into Bangkok military Airport in a 10day operation Tokyo a japans governing Liberal demo cratic party was stung by two major defeats in races for governor but cemented its control Over the local governments in elections As the results were being tabulated opposition parties said that victories by Reform candidates in Fukuoka and hokkaido prefectures states were a stiff Rebuff to the government of prime minister Yasuhiro an estimated 64 per cent of about 83 million eligible voters cast ballots for governors of 13 of japans 47 prefectural Assembly mayors of two major cities and 665 City Council As conservative and centrist candidates backed by the Liberal democrats won 11 of the 13 races for in the incumbent Gover Shunichi easily Defeated Hideo mat a political commentator backed by the socialist and communist parties who ran on a Stop Nakasone peace boosted majorities the Liberal who have held Power in the National government for three appeared to have boosted their majorities in the prefectural but the Reform led by the socialists and were Happy with their victories in the northernmost main Island and pre and a major Industrial prefecture in the in Takahiro a former Mem Ber of the diet parliament who had the backing of the edged Kenichiro Mikami to become the first Reform governor in 24 Hachiji Okuda became the first no conservative to head Fukuoka in 16 ousting Hikaru a four term governor who was Hurt by controversy Over the official governors residence he had the governors terms Are for four political commentators speculated that those two defeats and the Low turnout might discourage Naka Sone from dissolving the diet and holding double elections in elections for the diets upper House Are scheduled for but Are not due in the More important lower House until Rehta which also Wilt include delivery of extended Range and Ammu embassy officials two c130 air Force transports were to arrive today to discharge the howitzers and and a Mer chant vessel is to arrive april 19 with More of these the officials the has not said How Many weapons Are a statement from Thailand Mili tary command saturday said 12 bodies of vietnamese soldiers had been found inside raising the number of vietnamese dead to 250 since the Bor Der sweep the thais suffered five 20 and one miss the statement Vietnam denies its forces have intentionally entered and has not announced casualty it is not the first time the Vietnam Ese have intruded into thai prime minister Prem tins Vanonda said during a Frontier the pro Hanoi government in Cam Bodia announced saturday it had Tele crammed United nations Secretary general Javie Terez de pro testing what it called Gross violations of cambodian territory by the including attacks by Jet fighter bombers and artillery vietnamese troops have been fight ing a three party cambodian Resis Tance coalition that controls several bases inside Western Cambodia near the thai from All the cambodian guerrillas have suffered severe spokesmen for one of the groups claimed saturday vietnamese who overran the stronghold of Sihanouk Ville massacred hundreds of cambodian civilians with grenades and this claim could not be coordinate fresh new looks for Spring and save up to imagine the Crisp clean air of a country then picture the bluest Blue sky Ever put them together and whats the result our very fashionable country blues choose from assorted styles of blouses and match them to our famous makers popular Pullon pants assorted solids and prints in sizes 1018 our now prices in effect while quantifies last or til store april 23rd 132 the Bay sportswear shop and if you can find these coordinates at a lower Well match it dial 7832112 downtown shop vital Kildonan place shop to ;