Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 2, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free january m photo allays tigers bomb saloons in War on booze India Reuter one of the regular patrons at the Naya hotel and bar in Srinagar spotted the time bomb under a shouted a wanting and led other customers to the allays tigers had police defused the bomb but managing partner of the we had been threatened we were planning to close the bar anyway and this just accelerated the the Naya bar was among Many liquor establishments to shut Down in Jammu and Kash Mir where militants Are waging a Campaign to create an Independent islamic Only three government run wine and liquor stores remained open in december heavy Security in the Kashmir nestled in the Himalayas and one of India most popular tourist Kashmir cant get enough of say signboards promoting tourism in India Only Muslim majority whose status is still disputed at the United state officials figured that in 1989 tourism income would be Only half that of 1988 because of incidents of political riots and curfews in the the Kashmir Valley has been under indefinite curfew since when thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate a the government caved in to demands of the Jammu Kash Mir liberation front and freed five jailed militants in Exchange for the kidnapped daughter of India Home Kashmir has been at the Centre of two of India three wars with which controls one third of the the two sides regularly take pot shots at each other along the 800kilo Una ministered ceasefire the shadowy allays tigers first struck in they blew up one bar in set off homemade bombs in front of several liquor stores and stormed a movie smashing liquor bottles in the the group issued an ultimatum through local to bars and liquor stores to close Down by the end of 1989 failing All bars and wine shops will be blown up by the tourist hotels stopped serving even Beer in rooms after receiving the blamed what he called the absence of govern ment in the Valley for the in creased Militancy among we Are a gentle he there never used to be these kidnappings and but the less govern ment Here the bolder they there is this Muslim move ment across the he said militants Are being influenced by Afghanistan and but it is rather than family fights to hold water rights on River by Sanjoy Haz Arika new York times India for More than 300 the family of Rabindra Ghosh has profited from a unique right bestowed by a Mogul emperor control of about 65 Kilometres of the Ganges River near these weary from age and court Battles to protect the inheritance from fishermen and Ghosh sadly acknowledges that the Odds Are stacked against his family and that this is perhaps the last generation to exercise these it is a question of of a few years before the government takes away this said whose ancestor was endowed with the stretch of River for his services to the emperor the rights have survived changes in empires the moguls were succeeded by the British and even 42 years of Independent there is one other such water As the Gioshes Are in Eastern but he has a much smaller local residents who have organized fishermen in the Region have led demonstrations against the whom they accuse of using extortion and intimidation to protect their and have taken their Case to the supreme Indian Law recognizes changes in land tenancy regulations and has sought to end Large holdings by but its writ does not extend to in the supreme court said that the Ghosh family could not be dispossessed of its rights under existing but suggested that the family control could be broken by a special Law that the Bihar state legislature could one should be i but one should be prac tical said a Law his alone disputed saying the family should resist any move to take their rights according to the fish ing rights in the River Are leased to a handful of contractors every year who pay sums ranging from to rupees for their alone Ghosh said the annual in come from those contracts was about or the Ghosh family also owns a Brick Kiln and runs a Large Temple devoted to the hindu goddess the Ghosh family seems re signed to the Likely loss of its Imperial but they want compensation for their in an apparent bargaining the family has suggested an an Nual sum of about Roger Watson be annual Sale Price on selected Gold Diamond jewellery one Canada Centre 250447 Portage Avenue 9562096 hours 0 fit to 3 Antiques and moderns inventory reduction Sale on most items Gold objects Dart modern and estate 266 Edmonton opposite Portage place 9432734 lebanese new year christians in East Beirut celebrate new years Day with the traditional dance of the sword and the shield outside the main Entrance to the presidential it is also customary to fire weapons into the air to Herald the new China emphasizes stability Beijing Reuter communist party chief Jiang Zemin Laid Down the chinese leaderships theme for the new decade yesterday with an emphatic Call for social stability and National Unity to overcome what he called temporary in a address at a new years Day Tea party for 350 Politi including representatives of minority no communist Jiang also promised More socialist democracy and deeper political res but he added that this must be conducted along socialist lines and under communist party the official Xinhua news Agency reported that Jiang pledged to strengthen democratic and Legal construction so that the communist party and government can better reflect the aspirations and interests of the since Jbangs Liberal predecessor Zhao Ziyang was ousted in june by hardliners who accused him of fostering Bourgeois liberalism a party euphemism for unacceptable Western ideas the leadership has played Down the idea of political but it has repeatedly stressed that economic reforms would Call for stability Jbangs tentative and cautiously worded return to the subject of Polit ical restructuring was overshadowed by his firm and repeated Calls for stability and strict adherence to Beijing version of Jiang said social stability is a matter of prime importance in Only when society is stable can we concentrate our efforts on our various the communist shaken by political unrest in May and have made no secret of their alarm at the More recent Retreat from communism in Eastern they have been eager to show that they will do All in their Power to prevent similar change in Beijing used tanks and troops to crush mass demonstrations in with heavy loss of and Jbangs new years speech made Clear the party hard line on Public order would not be we will persist in following the socialist he China can tide Over and is effectively tack Ling difficulties under the leadership of the communist the current generation of chinese communist leaders has a lasting horror of disorder after the violence and upheavals of Mao tse tunes 196676 cultural revolution which was aimed in part against the party split Barge spills Gas into River a a Barge loaded with gasoline hit a Bridge and ruptured spill ing about litres into the ice choked Monongahela the Barge was one of at least 50 to break Loose from moorings along a 60kilometre stretch of the River from Brownsville North to Pitts the leaking owned by gut Man Oil in broke Loose about hit the Monongahela Bridge and ruptured about 25 Kilometres South of emergency Crews tied the Barge to Shore and planned to pump the gasoline into an empty Only one compartment of the Barge was so there was Little danger of All litres it was carrying spilling into the rising water on the River from a weekend thaw forced about 200 people to temporarily evacuate their Homes yesterday near about 50 Kilometres South of River too High another gasoline Barge was Hung up in Charleroi near but state environmental officials said the River was so High Crews could not go near the Barge to deter mine if it was local health officials and water companies were notified of the spill but no contamination of water sup plies was said Betsy Malli a spokesman for the Pennsylva Nia state department of environmental Pittsburgh water Supply was not in danger from the spill because it draws water from the Allegheny several Kilometres South of yesterdays about 25 Coal barges broke Loose and piled up at a an additional dozen barges broke Loose in Pittsburgh and floated into the Ohio three of those barges were stuck under a Bridge in downtown forcing state department of transportation Crews to close the Span to Winter clearance Harry is Clearing select groups of incorporating a wide variety of furnishings and the savings Are More than and everything is from harrys current suits jackets off dress 45zoff Harry Rosen Polo park7862368 ;