Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 21, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Y Rainy Prince Philip attends Bash for loyalists anniversary of Prioto Winnipeg free May up ramp officers we rent the Only ones eyeing the Grey haired audience that greeted Prince Philip yesterday on the wooded Campus of Bishops the genealogists of the United Empire loyalists association of Canada were also watching As the Prince attended celebrations Mark ing the 75th anniversary of the Heri Tage associations although loyalists officials said yesterday that As Many As one in six canadians Are eligible to be come United Empire the organization Doest accept just any genes Are a serious business for the canadians who Are Al ready were a very select spokesman Gerry Rogers said As Prince Philip had a cup of Coffee with loyalists on the third Day of his fou Day official visit to an application has to be documented and we have a very strict credentials said the White haired to become a United Empire Loy Alist and have the right to put the honorary after your name you have to prove that you descend from one of the americans who remained Loyal to the Crown and fled the 13 colonies during the american our requirements need to be As strict As the daughters of the american revolution and the May Flower Vanessa Bacola the associations top Gengalo referring to two Heri Tage people who dont have the Docu mentation to become loyalists can join As association while those who dont want to pledge Alle Giance to the Queen or who live outside of Canada can join As Affili ate Prince pays tribute convention some fac ing the unseasonable heat in 16th Century period attended workshops including the men of the great Glen their key role in the Kings Royal regiment of new at the associations annual Gen eral meeting loyalists Grap pled with issues such As whether Blacks in the maritime should be allowed into the group even though their documentation int Prince the Queens Hus paid tribute to the loyalists yesterday evening after inspecting the Bishops College school cadets and marking the 35th anniversary of nearby Sherbrooke University in a this is an historic Day for an historic the tanned Prince told the 350 loyalists attend ing the convention from across can the organization is also Cele Brating this weekend the 200th anniversary of an order Council is sued by lord governor of British North honouring the sons and daughters of the loyalists for their Fidelity to the William Smy traces his family Back to an ancestor in Woodbridge admitted the after his name Means nothing in Concrete its just the personal Pride of knowing what role my ancestors played in the building of the coun Smy the Duke of Edinburgh wraps up his tour today by attending prayer service and planting tree to Mark the beginning of a wildlife Reserve at Bishops University before leaving after lunchtime for a private visit to new York Prince Philip listens to speech during ceremony boy to get mayor says Detroit a mayor Coleman Young of Detroit said the results of blood tests have convinced him he is the father of a six Earold boy at the Centre of a paternity and he will negotiate child support tests from three separate laboratories showed the 70 year old mayor almost certainly fathered the son of a former City i said when this paternity suit first came into the news that i did not believe that i was the father of Joel Lov Young said the results of the blood tests have caused me to painfully reappraise my Posi and i want everyone to know that i have reappraised that position and i am fully prepared to fulfil my full responsibilities in that the boys an Ivory filed a lawsuit in Wayne county circuit court in january asking for child sup said she and Young dated from China please envoy ambassador sees superpowers in step with Ottawa up changes taking place in both China and the soviet Union Are just about what the United states had hoped says outgoing ambassador Thomas in what was his Public Farewell to Canada on his Way to Niles said in a wide ranging inter View on the ctr television program question taped earlier for release that while the could not take credit for recent events affecting the two super pow i dont feel that this Agenda is any Way developing in a Way opposed to our through through collective Security weve preserved the ensured the Protection of our values and now the other Side in this Long discussion is pre pared to work with us to make sure that the situation becomes better yet and we can move towards arms for of serious i economic cooperation and that the human rights aspect will be resolved in a Way consistent with our not during Mikhail Gorba chess reign or period of Power since March of 1985 can see ways in which he has changed his policies to accommodate Here through the tempestuous gestation period that led to the birth of the free Trade agree ment his next test will be the changing face of nato and the consolidation of Europe into the worlds largest trading bloc by extraordinary events he talked of the genesis of a acid rain agreement and what he called the extraordinary events in Beijing this week the general Secretary of the communist party of the soviet Union Gorba Chev making a trip to apologize for the mistakes of his predecessors and then chinese chair Man Deng at the Pinna Cle of having a million people out there Beijing tin amen Square calling for his Niles said like the free Trade Canada and the would eventually reach an Accord on acid rain and other environmental we have to work out the Domestic legislation on the basis of which we will have a program analogous to that of he then we certainly we do plan negotiate an agreement with Canada which will enshrine our program and like free he that agreement will Start with a Frame work that will be amended and expanded As time passes and interests we accepted certain things in the free Trade agreement sort he pointing to marketing cultural Indus tries and it Doest mean that we necessarily wont raise them in future but they Are accepted As of enactment of the free Trade agree it certainly Doest mean the government of Canada has to agree to whatever the United states might this is a negotiation and at the end of the Day both sides have to agree or there is no he also said canadians need not be concerned about the restricting in its despite complaints from some business Miles leaving for Brussels they talking in correctly about japanese invest which is in about third or after Holland and he but just because some people have had the bad idea of restricting foreign investment Doest mean we have to go that and in sure we canadians need not were not going to do Good crops boost world Grain stores Brussels threat of a major world Grain shortage has waned due to better world but it could reemerge if there is another Grain experts in Brussels at a world Grain conference called coping with european com Mission director general for Agri culture Guy Legras where is this crisis experts Are relatively Happy about the world Grain situation be cause production is set to Rise this which would keep stocks from dwindling and could replenish them after last years drought slashed Grain output in the United states and world stocks relative to consumption fell As Low As during the years of Scarcity in the Early and prices especially for this severely squeezed developing countries dependent on Grain in like where there has been unrest Over scarce bread sup the rom based food and agricultural organization warned that food supplies worldwide were dangerously but events have combined to ease concern Farmers in the major exporting countries responded to higher prices by planting much while poor weather has damaged the Winter wheat crop in the United states and some North american areas Are Short of moisture going into the conditions have improved almost everywhere Early indications Point to a bumper Grain crop in the european com perhaps the second highest on and average crops in Canada and crops in the two most important the soviet Union and China Between them account for about a third of world Grain imports better than last the soviet Union had a Partick biggest furniture Sale Ever ments its 90 minimum furniture Only new location 1777 Ellice at Berry Street 7743546 Vinyl siding Cash carry Only with Purchase of trims while quantities last now open saturday in Plum Cabalum 925 Wall 7835848 Early amiable said Peter executive Vic president of weather services a forecast ing group based in official and private analysts pre dict the soviet Grain crop will be about 20 million tonnes better than last year at about 215 even accounting for increased de Mand for Grain to boost meat con soviet Grain imports could fall six to eight million tonnes in the year from july conference experts in the worlds largest importer of wheat this the Outlook is mixed with some signs of improved but indications Are it will still need to import More to meet the demand of its huge India looks Likely to Harvest a bigger Grain crop after a Good Mon but As always in world Agricula a turn for the worse in weather could end tentative Hopes for an increase in production and any major crop shortfalls could have a big tvs Cene up Odate plus Quick reference prime time every Over 17 Builtin bathrooms building renovating Kre cos showcase Whirlpool showers coloured along with the latest designs in Wall and floor 550 Century 7866957 Manitoba biggest finest european Bath tile Centre afghan president plans peace warns Muslim rebels Kabul a afghan president Najibullah said yesterday he will appoint a commission to talk peace with Muslim but warned his troops Are ready to inflict smashing rocket blows to de feat the the rebels said they killed at least 10 government soldiers and shot Down a Jet in recent Najibullah said the three member commission will negotiate with rebels anywhere and this is the Best proposal we can and what More can i do for an opposition that claims to hold 95 per cent of the country Najibullah said in a speech to the opening session of the Loya which is empowered to decide matters affecting the country members include the Vic Epresi prime minister and his dept the and National As Sembly Najibullah said the commission will be selected by the Loya Jirah and will talk to rebel commanders inside Afghanistan and rebel leaders in neighbouring Pakistan and the Loya Jirah was called into session primarily to extend by three months a National state of emerged which was declared the Republic of by making use of its legitimate and undeniable right for the defence of its Independence and territorial in will infect smashing rocket blows on the afghan armed extremists in there should be no doubts in this Najibullah the president added he will order a full mobilization to defeat the suggesting every male could be called for military he also said he will draw on All available assistance from the soviet which continues to Airlift supplies into in the rebel afghan news Agency said 10 afghan govern ment soldiers were killed and at least 20 were wounded thursday in a rebel attack on the City of the report made no mention of rebel Afghanistan radio monitored in the pakistani capital Isla said Only one Soldier died and 153 rebels were the rebel news Agency said they also attacked the military Airport of the Southeastern City of Kandahar on wounding 11 afghan sol Diers and shooting Down a Jet fight children demonstrate in Armenia Moscow Reuter several Hundred schoolchildren demonstrated in the capital of the soviet re Public of Armenia yesterday As protests continued Over the disputed azerbaijani Region of Magorno reporters from the armenian news Agency armentress said Chil demanding the Transfer of the mountainous Region to gathered in the Centre of they want a just solution for said troops and police did not attempt to break up the peaceful which followed mass meetings in the City wednesday and factories in a City in remained paralysed yesterday by a strike that started May but there were no reports of demonstrations or Vio a curfew remains in place in Ste pan Akert and it was imposed after the death last year of 91 people in ethnic clashes prompted by demands from armenian majority for the Region to be transferred to local reporters said the protesters were demanding that a session of the armenian supreme soviet scheduled for june 27 be brought the Issue of Magorno Karabash is Likely to be raised at the the protesters also want the re lease of jailed members of the Kara Bakh an unofficial armenian group leading the Campaign to win control of the ethiopian generals die in failed coup Addis Ababa a ethiopian president Mengistu Haile Mariam said yesterday three generals who joined in a coup attempt against his government killed themselves rather than it initially was reported the three were among officers killed by Loyal soldiers during the attempted coup that began Mengistu did not name the Gener als he said committed but spoke of them As agents of our Mengistu spoke at a rally in Down town Addis Ababa in his first Public appearance since announcing on radio and television thursday that the coup had been he told the rally our detractors and their accomplices never spared a moment to sow confusion and uncertainty by alleging that we have failed to achieve immediate results in our diplomatic sources said nearly the entire High including six rebellious were killed Dur ing the attempt to overthrow the they said the revolt was led by generals humiliated by recent de feats in Eritrea and Tigre provinces in Northern Ethiopia where different guerrilla forces Are fighting for a the revolt began a few hours after Mengistu left for a visit to East he hurried Back wednes Day to face the biggest crisis of his 15yearold it was reported tuesday that Merid chief of and Amha air Force were killed in the the diplomatic sources said Fri Day loyalist troops killed Demissie commander of the 2nd army with Headquarters in As the capital army split the 2nd with nearly on half of the country entire armed was split into rival the diplomatic sources Mengistu and other officers de posed emperor Haile Selassie on Addis Ababa was Calm yesterday although tanks and armoured vehicles remained stationed at strategic there was no information about the situation in the rest of the ;