Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 11, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 witty Tieg to free May illegal alien Rush to quit Nigeria ahead of deadline Nigeria at illegal aliens in cars and trucks piled High with cooking and chairs jammed this Tift Kcf Post yesterday trying to meet the official deadline for leaving thousands of others left by sea and but it was Clear that the government had fallen far Short of its goal of evicting the foreigners it had ordered out by Midnight last night some deportees feared being 1 dont know what t am going to said Benjamin a 30yearold Baker from Ghana who arrived at seme in a Van with his pregnant my wife May have her baby any minute and we have no no food and nowhere to in this West african country suffering the depressed aftermath of an Oil the aliens Are seen As depriving nigerians of they also have been accused of causing the High crime Interior minister Mohammed Magoo has said had left Overland by Way of whose Frontier abuts this Border and quite a number have gone by both air and Magoo also said in an interview with the b6c the government would not extend the deadline for the de parture of West african immigrants unable to produce valid work but also indicated Force would developers warned plan to face scrutiny continued from Page i All things going on we expect construction to Start by he were running As hard As we Guy Savoie chairman of City councils environment said the development corporation will have to move quickly if it wants the required City approval of Street closings and other aspects of the development in time for this years construction Savoie said that while the City does not want to pose undue it cannot be expected to simply rub be stamp the sikh extremists attacks kill at least 54 in India continued from Page 1 top Punjab police official said was a regrouping of extremist sikhs after the military crackdown against sikh extremists last the police said the extremists coordinated their attacks in the re concentrating on new where about 25 people were reported killed in the blasts and 100 were reported there were re ports of similar explosions in the states of Saryana and utter Pra in a top opposition Politi Cian was killed in a town in the leading to riots in which at least one person was stabbed to in new prime minister Rajiv Gandhi held emergency meet Ings with members of his and the acting police commissioner announced a full mobilization of the entire police Force in the in an apparent move to Ward off retaliatory officials also banned Public gatherings of More than five people and said they were trying to Seal off new delis Borders with neighbouring states to prevent terrorists from leaving or entering the i the United news of a news said that some suspects had been detained on suspicion of being involved in the violence and that interrogations were continue Security was tightened for government leaders and police searched for bombs at airports and at Railroad and bus the news agencies Public hearings will be needed on aspects of the he the to be unveiled tues Are the result of talks the North Portage development has been carrying on with potential investors since it was set up by the provincial and City ments in Early the development corporations announced at the time it came into include about new apartment units in the area bounded by Carlton Ellice Colony Street and Portage of Toron to was named earlier this year As Developer of the Portage Avenue which is to be the projects Centre eventual plans also Call for construction of a 400room although those plans Are not yet Hal executive director of the Central said the hotel the y expansion and rising costs could result in closing the is 130room Hostel which it now operates in its he said it is getting harder for the Myca to raise Money for the ser in the development corporation has indicated it does want the Myca providing a hotel Type service if the area is to include a major new its studholme it the Hostel is certainly a service needed in the Hemphill wants peace courses taught in Manitoba classrooms continued from Page 1 department is studying which topics to How they could be Inte grated into the regular curriculum and at what age they should be the study is slated for completion this she adding its findings probably will recommend the department begin implementation in the next school Hemphill said the issues would be fitted into appropriate subjects such As social studies or the question the department is trying to Deal with is should you talk about it nuclear the minister or will you make the kids feel already worse than they do the reality you upset them any More than they she said that what children used to fear most was the death of their More recent research shows their greatest fear is their Hemphill Young anxious own death in a nuclear the conference is being sponsored by five Winnipeg peace groups including educators for social re physicians for social academics for United nations association and world federalists of Manitoba teachers society staff officer Kris at the con Ference As a member of educators for social said that a major Canadian Survey in 198384 on students attitudes toward nuclear War supports the need for peace Breckman said the which involved More than students from grades 7 to showed that More than half listed War and unemployment As their two greatest fears with most listing War he said most children indicated they got their information from Tele and that the younger they were the More they mentioned fear of nuclear Breckman said those students who said they had thought about and discussed the Issue indicated they had the highest Hopes they could influence the course of hunger strikers declared refugees continued from Page 1 sible because refugees have top priority in such Westerberg but they Are unlikely to arrive in Canada until Early next the five refugees participating in the fast the sixth is a Fivey Earold child had earlier vowed to starve themselves to death if their demands were not one of them even sewed his Mouth shut yesterday to emphasize the afghan poet Khurshid her daughter and Nephew a Haj began the fast at 9 monday after being caught with false passports trying to Board a up air flight to they had reached Japan by Way of Nepal and Mohamad Anwar the Man who sewed his Mouth and Mohamad Ehsan joined the hunger strikers wednes altars youngest five year old did not participate in the Zel Forfar and the others were fed intravenously at the Fujikura Hospi Tal and by several of them were Able to take solid doctors said their condition was reasonable considering the Desper ate Airport we must stay at the Airport and Attai told the Canadian we believe Canada will help but we do not want to go to a hotel or some other place until we know for Canadian ambassador Barry steers said today he was relieved the six had finally begun eating we cannot allow them entry without knowing something about but the situation had become so serious we had to do something to at least get them to steers the because the afghans have no desire to stay in had not intervened in the Case and left the matter entirely to the a foreign ministry spokesman said yesterday Japan was willing to help if but everything de pends on the Canadian government decision last More than 90 refugees from Afghanistan and sri Lanka boarded planes in Tokyo using forged after boarding the the refugees All destroyed the phoney Docu ments before the planes touched Down in Vancouver and then threw themselves on the mercy of the Canadian the stepped up airline checks of travel documents began after the Canadian government ordered heightened vigilance by airlines be cause of the popularity of Tokyo As a Point of eventual flight to riot be used against those who did not meet the tithe they have Flo cause to he said state run Lagos radio said All Borders were closed at 6 quoting aft Interior ministry it said illegal immigrants Mill at Border posts would be taken to a Camp at Lagos Airport to await transport it said they would be sent Home by but did not say whether aircraft also would be the deadline was announced april 15 but the Borders have been open Tor Only 10 the military government had closed them in a Campaign against currency smuggling and it is Nigeria second eviction of two million left the first in january before the military coup that ousted the civilian govern ment 31 of that the immigrants came seeking jobs created by the seemingly endless Oil wealth before the would Petroleum glut of to flee the famine afflicting sub saharan the military authorities have been careful to avoid the chaos and violence that characterized the first exp la the scene yesterday was orderly for such a vast and even took on a carnival atmosphere in some Marie Kramer of Regina holds letter mailed seven years ago but just Post office late and too Regina up Marie Kraemer was aghast when the Post office tried to charge her 36 cents for insufficient postage on a letter her Cousin mailed to her seven years the postmark on the letter was not visible and there was no Date on the but its contents clearly Date Kraemer said in an the delivered this discusses a farm Sale and the move of Kraemer daughter to both of which happened seven years the co Usui also signed with her Maiden Shes married and has three children Kraemer Dave communications officer for Canada posts Midwest said he could not explain the delay in but its easy to see Why Kraemer received a notice asking for payment to cover insufficient he the letter looked like current was in Good condition when delivered and did not carry a visible postmark dating even the 14cent stamp on the envelope would not trigger the Post offices Byas explaining the use of old Stamps is uncommon but not unheard Sakharov thought to have quit Academy Washington a soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov is presumed to have resigned from the prestigious soviet Academy of science in protest Over the refusal of soviet authorities to let his wife seek medi Cal care a spokesman for the Csc joins gala costs dispute continued from Page 1 new jobs were created Mulroney shot while they Are talking about rats and rat we Are talking about jobs and Hope for Mulroney said in reference to a Small group of liberals who have dubbed themselves the rat pack because of their tenacious approach during the House question Newfoundland Liberal my Brian Tobin said the government squandered Money on the gala while ignoring the plight of the Unzem has he Between mouthfuls of Quail or titbits of paused to wonder How the poor people of this country Are living Tobin ques the issued a statement yesterday challenging one version of the gala costs and the dispute Over them that was Given to the Toronto Star by an unidentified government the official said the prime minis ters office was surprised when the Csc presented a Bill for production and related costs of the it hit the prime ministers office like a the source Andrei Sakharov Institute said yes Institute director Edward to Zansky said the group received a report from a very reliable source three weeks ago that Sakharov would resign if action want taken by May 10 to let his Yelena Lozanski said Bonner apparently is in need of a heart bypass opera since nothing was Lozanski said there is no doubt that Sakharov has who needs let Park Pontiac the hassle sell your car or truck main Street Grants not doing the Job continued from Page 1 was allocated under a Reno vation programme said he will spend about on renovations in including the in speaking through an Chester Szurlej said the Grant approved Lor him to locate his Golden hand jewellery store at 955 main was minor i had to borrow to open said the who Emi grated from Poland less than years Rudi Hardt said he and his brother Horst had already bought the 895 main Street building for their Auto body and paint and decorating Busi Ness when they applied for a location we didst think the Grants were available but we still bought the he Hardt said the location Grant has meant they could 4o Interior renovations much faster than would have been possible Pearson said main Street was unique in the Core area in offering Grants to businesses to locate he said the administration of the main Street Grants was also with the main Street revitalization group Board made up of local businessmen and Resi deciding who gets How much we just facilitate the pro Grams after they Board give the Don coordinator of the main Street said while there May have been some special incentives Are needed for main which has dozens of empty store fronts along the 12block strip Between City Hall and Selkirk while songs move of 60 metres onto main Street May not have been a major Owski said it met the program Cri we got a main floor tenant in a building that had been vacant for two he Maunowski stressed that the 000 in total available to encourage businesses to locate on main Street was Only a Small part of the million Revit Clintion he said the location incentive Grant is paid out Over three years and has to be spent on cling artist original Oil paintings nothing Over including giant originals choose from Street still abstracts and Morel most prices from to ready framed prints this sunday Only May 12th 5 hours Only 11 to 4 International inn ramada inn 10m Wtown Ftp per tonal get butt a twp ;