Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 8, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free May embargo triggers arrests by the associated press More than 900 people were arrested across the United states on the first Day of the Reagan administrations Trade embargo of Nicaragua in protests against the economic sanctions levelled at the Central american country leftist govern rallies against the racial policies of South Africa White minority government continued in Kansas and but protests against the Trade embargo that took effect yesterday Drew larger More than 500 people were arrested yesterday in at least 440 of them in Boston at the John Kennedy building in govern ment there were 258 arrests at a similar demonstration against policy in Central America at san Francisco Federal others were arrested in Vermont and new about 120 of the Boston protesters gave false names or refused to identify themselves and were taken to a county detention Centre in said Essex county Sher Iff Charles he said about 170 other people who remained in Side the Federal building would be picked up bodily today and taken to president Ronald Reagan declared the embargo May 1 to pressure the leftist government into severing its military ties with Cuba and the soviet the action came As Nicaragua president Daniel Ortega was pleading his Case to soviet officials for which was reported to amount to million but in Washington representative Michael Barnes called the embargo an act of economic warfare that drives Nicaragua into closer Alliance with the soviet up to demonstrators Gath ered at Bostons Federal chanting sanctions for South Afri not for Nicaragua about 400 people held what they called a town then were arrested when they refused to leave and were charged with failing to obey a Federal said Region Al administrator Peter Thomas of the general services adm Nistra Dave free press Don Mitchelson says rubble at the Logan site is an making it unlikely to attract any Reagan blasts first strike missile continued from Page 1 he the Reagan Are moving toward deployment of a to multiple warhead nuclear mis Sile that also has the potential to avoid monitoring or arms control in doing the soviet Union is undermining stability and the basis for Mutual Reagan the re packaged a variety of previous proposals for lessening tensions be tween the Mcfarlane said the purpose was to signal to the soviet Union that we can turn a new Page and enter a period of reduced tension and enter a More favourable Mcfarlane said the combination of a Strong deterrence to soviet nuclear capabilities along with an initiative for problem solving presents a definitive framework for the conduct of relations in the late 20th Reagan told the a purely consultative body of elected representatives from the 10 Europe an common Market that the United states is not seeking eve greater nuclear we cannot and should not seek to build our peace and Freedom perpetually upon the basis of expanding nuclear Reagan he in the Short we have no alternative but to com Pete with the soviet Union in this not in the Pursuit of Superior but merely of Reagan said the soviets Are work ing on a missile with multiple War Heads that is expected to be placed on defence experts have identified the missile As the ssx24 and predicted that it would be deployed in 1987 or Mcfarlane said development and deployment of such a weapon is is an intolerable a condition which presents the soviet Union with an apparent first strike Cap Abili he said development of such a weapon is not important in terms whether the soviet Union would Ever launch a first but in a crisis perceiving it from the american Point of View would make us Vulner Able to coercion and nuclear Black the administration backed my a 10warhead nuclear weapon called the peacekeeper by often has been criticized on similar opponents have claimed the super accurate be cause it is to be housed in vulnerable minuteman will be perceived by Moscow As a first strike reagans Jimmy once proposed that the my be put on a rail Reagan said that if the soviets refuse to reduce their Arsenal and the United states is reluctant to increase the number of the Best Way to maintain balance is with a defensive such As the strategic defence initiative for a space based shield against nuclear both for the Short and Long term i am confident that the West can maintain effective military deter Reagan he added that he believes peace can be Reagan called for increased soviet military Contact to avoid Inci dents such As the March 24 shooting death of a military observer in East Germany and the Downing of a korean air lines Pas Senger plane by soviet Jet fighters in which 269 people were to that the president will recommend exchanging observers at military a direct communications link Between military Headquarters and a Concrete commitment not to use cleanup of area requested continued from Page 1 and relocating a City councillor has called for an immediate Don Mitchelson Derson said the land is strewn with rubble and is an Ideal Breeding ground for weeds this Mitchelson said it is not Only an eyesore but is unlikely to attract any industries in its current originally seen As a nine hectare Industrial the Industrial Park plan was announced in 1981 As the Linchpin of Core area initiative efforts to create new jobs for intercity but residents and firms whose land was slated for expropriation raised a howl of protest and in Early 1982 the newly elected Pawley government announced a Public in Quiry into the the inquiry resulted in the site being trimmed to on third its Origi Nal size so some residents and businesses could remain in the the initiatives Job creation efforts Are Only about Halfway to the original Kiernan estimated he blamed the economic recession of the Early 1980s and the failure to attract industries to Core area officials and councillors have cited the reduction in the Parks size As one reason for the difficulty in attracting Ron development officer for the Logan Community develop ment a group formed by Resi said even if the Nowres Iden tial area East of the Slaw Bebchuk Bridge had remained As part of the Industrial Park As originally the Bridge would have sliced up the site anyway and made it impractical for major he said although Many residents were forced to move from the area West of the the final outcome for residents has not been that bad because the remaining residential area has been native Leader angered continued from Page 1 if he had seen the document before or if Cabinet is studying its he did insist that no policy affecting aboriginal people is going to be put in place until there has been appropriate discussion with the peo ple both at the Community based level and at the Public and National the which was stamped says the Lon term objective of increasing efficiency and reducing duplication of government programs can be achieved through the encouragement of greater Indian and native self re Liance and it recommends deterrent fees and cuts in Hospital services and Calls for major reorganize Senate Reform decried continued from Page 1 Justice minister John Crosbie said he did not expect maps will begin debate on the Resolution this week because the government has other legislative items on its Crosbie could not say when the debate would take but said the government would like the Resolution passed by the end of the constitutional experts Are divided Over the Impact of the Edward Mcwhinney of Simon Fraser University said the Resolution is a sensible interim measure since Mulroney is promising major Reform of the non elected upper but former Liberal senator Eugene a constitutional said the Resolution would gut the Senate of its Power to protect regional the move to rein in the Senate began after Liberal who hold 72 of the 104 delayed a Money Bill unanimously passed by the commons earlier this Tion of virtually every native Peoples pro Broadbent its deeply disturbing when you consider the housing conditions of our native people and the medical circumstances compared with the aver age he the document is not similar to the task Force report prepared by outside advisers for Nielsen and leaked to the press last Broad Bent these Are recommendations signed by the Deputy prime minister he says in the Docu have the support of 11 Broadbent we this was though tout committed policy by the government within the past Broadbent said the proposed cuts Are atrocious and should be David National chief of the Assem Bly of first said the Cabinet memorandum is a cynical blueprint for the elimination of the first nations As a unique people within the federation of he told a hastily called news conference he is not opposed to dismantling the Indian affairs but the governments strategy is shocking and shows it intends to Tell the Indian people and the Canadian Public one thing while implementing the the strategy is to carefully time announce ments of program changes and it is especially important that Early announcements relate to sectors where there is the strongest Public sup port for the business Community demand for deficit reduction is a Good starting Point for the an the document announcing changes to native programs after changes Are announced in other sectors would help persuade native people that they Are not being singled out nor expected to Bear the consequences of readjustment no announcements of specific native program changes would occur before the budget is says the liquor bribes alleged continued from Page 1 in the Newfoundland where the germans do most of their said ramp Are investigating alleged infractions by a fisheries department fisheries minister John Fraser has likened the West germans to a Bunch of pirates after discovering they had exceeded quotas reached under a bilateral agreement made in cooperation with the North Atlantic fisheries Fraser has threatened to ban the dec from cod fishing in Canadian the violations took place outside the 200nauti Cal mile zone but regarded As manager of the argues West Germany and the rest of the dec should Gick to quotas because overfishing threatens the the catches Are monitored by fisheries who conduct spot and by observers who Are under contract to the Federal department and Hoard foreign vessels for a month at a time to watch the trawls and record catch the former observer said the fisheries depart ment expected observers to be present for 90 per cent of the but Many slept through nighttime tows or were too groggy to make accurate catch some vessels would try to keep an observer drunk for practically an entire he the Man said he once took a bribe from an italian Captain who had doctored his logbooks to cover an extra 50 tonnes of he had also received a trip to new lodging and two prostitutes for his one Christmas he disembarked from a Japa Nese vessel with 15 bottles of two Cartons of cigarettes and 45 kilograms each of tuna and he he said observers preferred the italian and French boats 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