Friday, July 8, 1983

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. End the Arms Race officially announced
Its four-stage campaign against cruise missile
testing in Canada Monday, amidst renewed
termination that the U.S. government’s
Tequest may still be turned down.
_ Two major demonstrations, four mobile
Ormation booths and a constituency can-
vas of every, household in the Lower
Mainland are set to raise the cruise test issue
'0 the highest possible profile in the con-
Sclousness of Canadians.

. ‘And the issue will also assume new dimen-
‘ions in the United States, as a result of a
peckend meeting among peace activists
5) 0m across Canada and parts of the United

tates,

U Norman Solomon, a leading figure in the
‘S. People’s Test Ban organization joined
leaders Carmela Allevato, Lois Boyce
BART Marchant at the press table at
Ba headquarters in Vancouver’s Fairview
Ptist Church Monday.
— olomon, co-author of Killing Our Own,
fen acclaimed documentation of the ef-

“cts of atomic radiation on its victims, call-
«« _“€ weekend conference part of the
pycvous upsurge”’ of new cooperation be-

the growing Canadian and American
Movements.

aim at prime minister Pierre

teeeeau’s recent ‘‘open letter’? on cruise

aoe Solomon said the PM was “‘uttering

aa ” when he accused cruise test Op-

nents of being ‘‘anti-American’’.
€ noted the delegations that had ap-

weed at the Canadian embassy in
see on recently to urge the Canadian
test rent to refuse the U.S. government’s

leg; »» duest, saying there is a “quantum
the; among U.S. citizens in understanding

Port ise testing in
Canada ance of opposing cruise testing

foe's New cruise campaign consists of
stabi The first to be enacted is the
booth ‘shment of four ‘information
Low, S’ at key gathering points around the
will be vainland. Among the first of these
Festive; oe at the Vancouver Folk Music

Val July 15-17, an annual event which

attend.

WarGames
film warns
of n-arms
danger

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Beware
‘hidden
agenda’

of CLC

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EAR steps up

U.S. disarmament &

Allevato and Ga
stage Refuse the

ctivist and author Norman Solomon (left)
joined End the Arms Race leaders (I to r) Lois Boyce, Carmela

ry Marchant in officially announcing the four-

Cruise campaign Monday. Solomon, author of

an authoratative book on the effects on people of radioactive
fallout from weapons production and testing, told reporters the
drive to halt cruise testing in Canada is becoming a major issue in

the United States.

‘refuse cruise’ drive

TRIBUNE PHOTO — DAN KEETON

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‘Abolish senate, recognize Que. rights'— CP

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