Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 22, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Canada world july 1997 Patrick 6977294 b1 More Canada and world news around the world chopper Sale fails t test Palm Reuter two americans and a Canadian have been arrested for plotting to Export military helicopters equipped for chemical warfare to and Canadian authorities the both former military were brokers in a hoax Deal set up by customs which they believed would result in the Sale of 34 Bell military Heli copters valued at million us to officials the ramp arrested Gary of the owner of the helicopters on poles flee floods Warsaw a thousands of poles evacuated villages near the swollen Oder River while germans on the other Shore piled up More sandbags to hold Back two weeks of described As the worst in have killed nearly 100 mostly in Poland and the czech some poles have been forced from their bomb factory found West Bank a amid efforts to rekindle peace the palestinians said yesterday they had saved israeli lives by discover ing a Hamas bomb factory filled with explosives and seemed less than prime minister Ben Jamin Netanyahu said further peace talks depended on stronger moves by Yasser Arafat not Only against the militant Hamas group but against palestinian police also accused of planning attacks on warship turns 200 Blue Angels Salute aboard the uss Constitution a its masts and six billowing White sails Tow ering above the new England Waters it once the Oak warship nicknamed old Ironsides set out yesterday under its own Power for the first time in 116 an estimated people on land and sea watched As the uss Constitution left its temporary Anchorage at on a on hour voyage marking its 200th the oldest commissioned warship in the undefeated in 42 is normally docked at Bostons Charlestown Navy where it has been a float ing museum for the ship was saluted by modern naval escorts the Blue Angels Fly ing which zoomed past 100 metres above the and the guided missile destroyer uss Ramage and guided missile frigate uss Haly dozens feared dead new Delhi a a boat Cap sized in a rain swollen River in North Ern and 40 of the 70 people aboard were feared press Trust of India news Agency the boat capsized sunday on the Rapti River along the Border of Nepal and the Eastern Indian state of 500 pm East of new thirty of the 70 passengers and Crew members aboard managed to swim fog end trek Washington a explorer will Steger has abandoned his attempt to make a Solo summer trek from the North pole to Canada because of dangerous ice and impenetrable the National geographic society reported the conditions Are there is always moisture and an eternal silence that i have never the explorer said in an email message sent via he was dropped off at the pole july 12 by a russian the sovetsky his goal was to proceed South on a 50day 800kilome tre walk to alone and without sled dogs or Fishers declare Victory protesters still split on order to lift ship blockade by Wendy Cox Canadian press boat blockading an alaskan ferry were served with injunctions but the Fishers said their protest was a we have to consider this a Victo kit Taggart said shortly after being served with the weve got fisheries minister David Anderson it would have taken an earthquake in Ottawa to get him Here Taggart said he would move his but Marine radio conversations Between some of the 200 boats blockading the alaskan ferry showed differing moderates suggested obeying the injunction and dismantling the Block while hardliners urged continuing to hold the ferry Malaspina a sticking Point was their demand that Fishers named in the injunction not be held responsible for any Block Ade Anderson arrived in this port City to talk with Fishers last but refused to visit the saying that would Only inflame his trip included a flight Over alaskan fishing vessels off the North Ern up to 200 fishing boats have blocked the ferry from leaving for the past three the state obtained an injunction Early but the papers we rent served until late the Fishers Are angry at alleged alaskan overfishing of Canadian bound Sockeye and want Ottawa to take a tougher line against the United but Anderson said the about Kilometres Northwest of Only makes negotiations with the United states More he condemned the american fishing As the fish that Are being caught Are clearly Canadian Sockeye and in our View Are clearly being targeted by alaskan Anderson said in alaskan Fishers have caught about millions of dollars at stake Prince some facts about the Alaska ferry blockade whats happened alaskan with 328 passengers and 71 detained since saturday by fish the dispute alleged alaskan overfishing of valuable Canadian bound Sockeye follows failed talks on new Salmon whats at stake Salmon millions of dollars in alaskan Sockeye catch in 1997 so far limit in Pacific treaty number of licensed boats in Northern catch by Prince Rupert area Fishers average catch Between one million and two million sock 1996 record catch of Mil lion expected 1997 catch for Fraser River Sockeye 10 Canadian catch commercial and first nations of Fraser Sockeye american commercial catch of Fraser bound Sockeye in More than the limit in the Pacific the fish Are Worth million and Fishers in Prince Rupert say that Money coming directly out of their this is our business and our Taggart none of us have had much Chance to catch much if we dont earn a then we lose our the dispute has strained a the state department called for an immediate end to the we also protest the refusal of Canadian Federal authorities to Stop the blockade or to enforce the court said department spokesman Nicholas senator Frank Markowski of Alaska hinted at including using Navy or coast guard vessels to protect Alaska ferries going through Canadian Waters because they carry federally regulated Markowski wanted to use the same authority to attach a Resolution condemning the blockade to a Senate Bill on the postal alaskan ferry Malaspina is blockaded for the third Day yesterday by fishing boats in Prince a senator from Alaska has hinted at the alaskan government obtained the injunction from a Federal court Justice in Alaska Fishers have said they Are fishing for Pink Salmon and Are catch ing the More valuable Sockeye As a Sockeye Salmon Are Worth six times More than Pink earlier in the Anderson ran into an unflinching Premier Glen Clark As the two met with defence minister Art Eggleton in Clark refused to cancel his plan to Stop the Navy from testing torpedoes at the Tanoose Bay undersea site off Vancouver Island unless the United states agreed to binding arbitration on the Salmon Clark has cancelled the lease to the Canadian government and the base must be closed by red Deer residents Brace for an Angels invasion notorious biker gang looks to set up shop in Central City by Reg Curren Canadian press red Rob polut Nik just has to look East for a thousand Good reasons Why he Doest want the notorious Hells Angels motorcycle gang setting up shop in this prosperous Central Alberta a lifelong resident of red Deer a City of located Halfway Between Edmonton and Cal Gary expressed a Little fear and a lot of anger at the Prospect of the gang absorbing the local Bike club known As the grim ramp say a Patch Over in which the reapers will doff their insignia in favour of the winged Skull of the Angels is set for hundreds of bikers and their associates headed for the City late yesterday and Early i find it a Little bit said Polutnik As he and his wife loaded groceries into their car at a local All you have to do is look at there coming to our Calm Little Community and i dont like the Hells Angels have been involved in a violent turf War with another criminal gang in Quebec for control of drugs and it has resulted in several including an 11yearold boy killed by bomb we have to keep on them All the said i think the police Are doing a great Job so several Alberta police forces were represented in the Community yes grim reapers member rides into club compound with officers from Edmon Medicine hat and ramp from around the province gathering to enforce their policy of Zero tolerance of the joint Force set up a massive Roadblock near about 40 Kilometres West of red to Greet bikers coming in from British a group of about 30 Hells Angels stopped for supper further West in Rocky Mountain House so they arrive i guess there trying to scare us but there wasting their time and said Rick a motorcycle Mechanic and member of the Vancouver Hells As his friends thundered out of the restaurant parking ciarniello denied the Angels Are a criminal although he admitted some individual members have committed he questioned the police tactics and their Cost to what country is this do you need a passport to get into Alberta its a party to the charter of which guarantees Freedom of movement and Freedom to live where you if were doing something then come and get police believe the Hells Angels Are anxious to establish a presence in booming Alberta and to solidify their hold on the illicit drug red Deer mayor Gail sur Kan warned the Angels wont find her Community a Good place to do sur Kan and other area politicians signed a declaration of support for one another in their efforts to resist the we understand who the Hells Angels said they Are a highly highly Struc wealthy and pervasive organization with direct association to organized we Are not naive in any they Are involved in drug prostitution and Trade in these Are not a Bunch of Good of a Little rough around the edges who like to ride their bikes during the gangs annual Canadian meeting this week in red the Hells Angels Are expected to take Over the grim reaper gang from Alberta and the rebels gang from its expected the gang will open chapters in the Winnipeg area in the fall or Early next once it gains a foothold it will have Chap ters in All the provinces except grits dealt another setback Canadian press Liber als took another hit at the polls yesterday this time in a provincial by election in Newfoundland narrowly won by conservative Sheila Osborne won in the former lib eral Riding of Johns West by 109 defeating Liberal candidate Tom Pat Lynch of the nip and Independent Roy Osborne said from her noisy Campaign head the voters sent a message that they Are very disillusioned and very unhappy with the performance of the Tobin the Midsummer election was called to replace former mines and Energy minister Rex who resigned his seat to make an unsuccessful bid for the Federal seat of the same the results do Little to Dent pre Mier Brian Tobins majority in the the government has 36 of 48 but a Victory would have been a Welcome and timely boost for the after 17 months in gov Tobin has found himself in the midst of another heated debate Over education Reform and searching for band aids for continuing sore Points such As health care and High recent polls suggested both to Birls personal popularity and his governments have also fresh in voters minds was the trouncing Federal liberals were Given ast month in Atlantic Cana where the party lost 21 of its 31 ;