Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 27, 1986, Winnipeg, Manitoba Doubts about Chirac return by Stanley Meisler los Angeles times Paris the late Georges Pom while president of France More than 15 years said that Jacques Chirac faced a major problem growing now Chirac is 54 and Premier of France for the second but the same question hovers Over in a political has he matured enough to win the presidency of France in 1988 until this the answer seemed Chirac was Riding it had become More and More evident under the strange Dou ble executive system of that not president Francois was running the coun Chirac projected a dynamic a Leader whether you agreed with him or got things the polls showed that he had a reasonable Chance of winning the presidency in a position that would assume its old omnipotence if his conservative coalition con trolled both the parliament and the things unravel but everything seemed to unravel when several Hundred thousand University students Early this month surprised the Chirac govern ment with mass demonstrations against jts University Reform Chirac looked maladroit and weak As he failed to gauge the intensity of the unleashed police Power on the Stu hesitated and and after a student gave in to the demands and withdrew the the old doubts about Chirac quickly president fran Cois a fuelled a photo French travellers line up for buses during a rail and subway strike that has France and Paris the doubts with a condescending assessment during a radio inter Chirac has Many Good qua Mitterrand but i would prefer that they were put to use in the right place at the right Chirac refusal to give in to the Railroad workers who crippled train travel throughout France during the Christmas holidays was part of the new Chirac obviously has two goals in mind he wants to project the image once More of a dynamic Leader on the and he wants to Shore up his support among righting judging by the parliamentary elections of last March and polls since Are now the a dynamic image plus solid support on the right would according to the Chirac strategy propel him into the presidency in two snares the goals have two obvious snares the quest for dynamism can make Chirac seem stubborn instead of and the voters May not really be As righting As they Many analysts in that French despite the March elections and the polls since have turned their backs on according to this they prefer the Center rather than the right or if ought to be moving both himself and his most vocal righting militants toward the Union troubles began in Middle Cember when Mitterrand vetoed a Cabinet decree on hours for work the decree would have allowed employers to increase the hours of a worker without paying overtime so Long As the average working week for the year As a whole remained at 39 who has the votes to push almost anything through the National could then have let the Issue slide until the begin Ning of the 1987 session of the Assembly next in an unprecedented parliamentary a he tacked the decree As an amendment to another piece of legislation and rammed it through the National Assembly without de Bate a few hours before the 1986 session Mitterrand could do nothing about the manoeuvre made Chirac seem but it also antagonized the conflicts then erupted into a strike that crippled rail transportation throughout the country and into a parallel strike a Good Deal always Means the Best Price and the Best Servici China cracks Down on warns students on Bourgeois ideals icky Suzuki Matthon motors limited 601 Erin Street at Portage 7863458 notice to landlords and tenants when a landlord fails to make reasonable re pairs to rented premises tenants May not withhold rent they should Contact landlord and tenant which will attempt to resolve the problem with the if the attempt landlord and tenants affairs May direct the tenant to Forward the rent to that where it will be held in Trust until the required repairs Are carried for further Contact landlord and tenant affairs 302254 Edmonton Manitoba r3c 3y4 phone 9452476 Manitoba housing peking Reuter chinese authorities tightened their grip on Stu Dent unrest yesterday by Banning rallies and protest marches in parts of peking and warned against Bourgeois Western peking state run television and radio said Public gatherings were banned in Tiana men Square in the Centre of the in areas near the great Hall of the Zhong Vanhai the residence of communist party leaders and roads Lead ing to the the new Public Security ministry rules come into Force after the authorities imposed similar regulations in Shanghai to curb student countrywide protests the rallies were part of three weeks of countrywide protests by students demanding democratic re forms and press the new rules appear aimed at curbing protests in peking after 000 students at the elite Yinghua University marched to nearby campuses and toward the City Centre on new student posters were seen in Yinghua pasted Over old ones that had been wit Nesses the regulations stipulate that Stu dents seeking to stage Public marches or rallies must seek approval five Days in giving purpose and routes police will notify their approval within three Days of the proposed March and May alter proposed routes if they consider they would disrupt traffic or Public the rules were repeated three times during the 45 minute television official radio also Broad cast them and warned of the failings of Western democracy and that a second cultural revolution could travelling menagerie becomes three ring circus in new Delhi new India spa a elephant frightened off a Camel and set off a bizarre Chase by its owner Down new delis the was eating leaves from a tree on new delis Busy parliament Street thursday along with the when after a satisfying decided to let off a loud and satisfying the trumpet scared the Young Camel out of its wits and sent it on a Gallop Down the Busy Avenue that has important government Banks and business Winnipeg free december 1986 of massive killing claimed Iraq Swap Slaughter stats Cyprus a Iran said yesterday its forces killed iraqi soldiers in an assault on the Southern but Iraq said it smashed the offensive and killed turning the Shatt Alarab waterway red with the fighting appeared to have eased but Iran accused Iraq of using Poison Gas shells against iranian forces and said artillery duels continued in the Central and Southern sectors of the Lametre front Iran islamic Republic news Agency said iraqi shells hit the War ravaged City of the two sides rarely allow Western correspondents at the and there was no Way to independently verify the conflicting in witnesses said sol Diers fired automatic weapons into the air in Victory celebrations and iraqi artillery fired 21 ceremonial rounds Over the Abdal Jabar director of the iraqi army political guidance told the associated press in Basra that iranians were killed in the 36hour Battle and thou Sands were red with blood the Shatt Alarab ran red with the blood of the dead he the separates Iran and Iraq and is Iraq Only outlet to the persian the commander of Iraq 3rd army Mahir Abdul said at his Headquarters near Basra it was one of the bloodiest Battles weve its Clear they were trying to make a decisive but iranian president Ali Kha Meni said in Tehran that the codenamed was a limited offensive intended to punish Iraq for its air attacks on iranian he said the Long promised final offensive to end the six year War will be unleashed at the appropriate the iranians said they stormed four islands on the iraqi Bank of the Shatt destroying most of six infantry brigades of the 3rd army the wording of the iranian state ments indicated their forces with Drew from the islands apparently because the positions were too recaptured Island Baghdad monitored in Nico said iraqi forces regained control of umm one of the it said iranian forces also landed on the iraqi Side of the waterway but were a military spokesman in Tehran said the iraqi version was pure the iranian news also monitored in claimed iraqi artillery fired shells containing toxic Gas at iranian positions on the East Bank of the Shatt causing some the United nations has accused Iraq of using chemical weapons in the War and Iran has reported hundreds of men killed and wounded by these Iran said iraqis were wounded in the offensive but did not men Tion iranian Iran forces outnumber the iraqis 31 and they often use human wave tactics against Iraq Superior that paralysed subway transportation in the metropolitan Paris the strikes infuriated vacationers blocked from their resorts and Paris merchants who found few customers in their shops on the last two Days of the Christmas shopping in a show of Chirac made sure that the government owned rail and subway corporations would resist the demands of the he obviously believed that the fury of vacationers and merchants would be directed at the unions and the leftist parties rather than at the Chirac government and its ruling conservative but he could be in either the strikes of 1986 made it Clear that France is enter ing a difficult year of presidential spell disaster for the broadcasts carried warnings by a lecturer and Wang Vic minister of the communist party propaganda not to adopt Western bourgeoisie democratic Laws preserve Freedom but they can also be used to control those who go disrupt Public order and encouraging Western capitalist ideals of Wang Quot ing 17th Century English philosopher John Locke As saying that democracy and Law go hand in houses on either the Camel who also owns the gave Chase on a three wheel finally catching up with the errant animal after about several Miles of hot and often perilous Pursuit through the cites crowded and bewildered Bijali and Rajia do not not know each other too the owner said aware of the pandemonium he had he said he had come to the capital from his Village to give rides to children during Christ Price Lens sweaters mens boys outerwear up to 50 Oil our paces effective 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