et eal Rie ‘ERIRUT (Aby- - “i dra rare ‘display of unity, schools and wiiversities closed Inthe Moslem and Christian :séctors of | the’eapital today to wiourn the slaitt: president: of ‘the - American University of Belrut. Malcolm Kerr, '52,,an- American, “was: ‘shat i in the ea outside. his-campils office. Wednesday," * Educational “ti and’ ‘various factions “of Christian,” Drusej. Sunni’.and.. ‘Shiite. -Moslems: “called for suspension oF clasieg in. tribute to Kerr, who specialized in - the study.of Middle Eastern politica and sought t to keep his . uiiversity. free-of: polltical sirine; °° - Bhortly | “after the: absassination, the - univ a 7 noe a ", et ” laveedue: has MONTREAL (CP) — says he has been invited to visit” China hy Chinese Prefiiier thao Ziyang. © The invitation came during a 45-minute meeting belween the two at Levesque’s office i in the downtown Hydro-Quebee headquarters, building. : ““L,don’t know: if J gan ‘60, " Levesque said. Right after the meeting, Zhao, suffering: from a cold and . fever, returned to his-hotel. He cancelled all his other’. engagements for the: day, with thé Posaile exception of the ; ‘Beaver'Club annual dinner tonight. tothe United States before beginning his Canadian tour in. . Otiawa on ‘Monday, asked Chen Chu, deputy secretary general of the State Council, to stand ini for him for'the day's . other scheduled events, which include. the signing of an agreement with Spar Aerospace Ltd, for the construction in China’. of ‘earth ‘Stations ‘for. ‘receiving, satellite. ‘tran-. -sunlesion Loe . a Quiebec Premier Rene Leviagia. .. ”, Montreal's underground city, a city ‘hall reception with : ne _ until oniey.. me ‘A spokesman for the university, Radwan Mawlawi, said, gday no funeral arrangements have been made yet. Pollce:said no arrests have been made; but they other- wlae refused, to comment on their Investigation. . ~ Likewise, they declined comment on. their aearch for . “gunmen? who | “Midnapped Saudi, Arabia’s consul, “Hussein Abdullah Farrash, in west: Beirut on Tuesday: . An anonymous telephone caller said ‘Wednesday a pro: oe, Irhnian group, Islamic Holy War, carried: out. Kerr's ~" qggassination and Farrash’s abduction, The calle warned that Farrash would be executed and The: program also included a tour of the’ subway and: Mayor Jean Drapeau as host, a lunch with Donald John- ston, federal minister’ of economic development, and an afternoon reception given by the Chinese community and the Canada-China Friendship Society. About ’60: members of the society’: ‘and of: the Chinese ; 7 Community. of.Canada were on hand for Zhao’s arrival at: Canadian Forces Base St. Hubert: early today. They carried a sign saying Welcome to _Montreal, « . - EASED STIFFNESS . -Zhao, who had 4 heavy schedule daring’ a week: slong visit There was little of the usual stiff governmental protocel atthe airport where Zhao was greeted with a red carpet and_ red roses. Later at.the downtown meeting with Levesque, - there was little evidence of: elaborate police” security measures, ~:~ Levesque “and - * Jacques-¥van Morin, Quebec’ sin: tergovernmental affairs minister, greeted zhao. on the. Sidewalk outside ‘the’ Hydro-Quebec building and escorted: Moslems invite. Egypt back _ CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — ‘An Islamic summit conference has invited Egypt to rejoin the family of Moslem’ states on condilion it endorse Arab and Islamic positions’ on israel and the Middle East conflict, ° The invitation was extended as a . compromise after © moderate African and Aslan countries demanded an end lo _ the ‘three-year-old exclusion of Egypt resulting from its peace agreements with Israel. The debate was the most heated of the summit, which ends today. In Cairo today, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt met to - discuss the proposal with hls: premier, defence ‘minister, interior minister. and foreign: minister. Wedding. forbidden ‘NOTTINGHAM, England (Reuter) — A paralysed ex- soldier is fighting for a church, wedding after a Roman Catholic priest refused to marry roge on the grounds that he. could: not consummate the marria "Stephen Rigby, 29) paralysed? ie the: ‘val e‘dbiin’ Ale ‘an’ deeldent “in-an_ army’ “exhibiton, wants ta. marry his ‘ nuirsié, Nona Eradhun. — Rigby of Borrowash in central England told reporters he has asked the Bishop of Nottingham to overrule parish priest Rev. Edward Walker, who has refused to conduct the © 3 wedding. Walker told reporters that marriage w was both a spiritual . and'a physical union. “This union cannot be a marriage union,” he sald. - - Rigby comtuented: “You would think I have enough problems without being faced with a religious problem.” Eradhun, 31, commented: “In my eyes, Stephen is still a ' man in every sense of the word,” Bodies recovered TAKADA, Japan (AP) — Rescue workers recovered today the bodies of the last three miners trapped 213 . metres ‘under. the’ ocean - said most of those in hospital: had inhaled polsonous fumes. They said about. 600. miners escaped safely through three exits The chairman of the fourth Islamic surnmit, Morocco’ s King Hassan, came up with a compromise which ended many hours of acrimonious debate between the moderates and a group of Arab militants, The militants, led by Syria and Libya, demanded renunciation of the Israeli-Egyplian accords as the price for Egypt's readmission. . Study launched. OTTAWA: (CP) — W. A. Farlinger, senior. partner ‘with. the management consulting firm Wood Gordon, will launch -.a comprehensive study of practices in the much-maligned ‘federal tax department, Revenue Minister Pierre Bussieres said today, Bussieres made the surprise announcement in. ithe Commons during debate on a Conservative non-tonfidence motion condemning the government for “‘its contempt of the taxpayers of Canada.” . As late as Tuesday, Bussieres was still: insisting he lama no ahr Seer in response. lo.a Tory eit abso 0f INE Ye Lied. Ket ‘hs ive'mo th accuses’ the Trudéau govérn- ment “Ch creating @ taxation system “that is increasingly — incomprehensible for individual taxpayers" and is marked by “capricious and unfair.practices,” - - Board diligent — LADYSMITH, B.C, (CP) — George Harrison would be the first to credit the Workers’ Compensation Board with being diligent, though tardy, in its pursuit of money owing. - The board has recently informed Harrison that he owes $35,53 for an overpayment of an injury claim in 1949. The 53-year-old laid-off deckhand says he-cannot even remember what injury he was compensated for and he thinks he paid back the overpayment in the 1960s. The board has already deducted the money it claims he owes from payments made to Harrison in November when he was recovering from an ankle injury. Harrison received the initial letter from the board in November and he wrote back saying he had repaid the money in the 1960s. Bul on-Jan. 13 the board sent him a flock by a fire that filled one from the pit, about three letter saying its ledgers showed that he still owed $36.53. of Japan’s largest coal ~ kilonietres from the shail Kevin McNeill; administrator at the- Nanaimo com- . mines with. carbon entrance, where the fire pensalion board office, said he has no idea why the over- monoxide ‘and killed 83 started. - ' _. payment had not been collected for almost.46 years. workers, — : : . = Throughout the ‘night, . Le, hundreds of relatives waited in snow at the Mitsui Tn. Business? . | Mining Co.'s Miiki mine site es ’ “to learn the fate of those >. os helow,.; shouting and con-. Pl B oo - verging every time rescue § anning a usiness? workers brought a blanket: covered body to the surface. W t i b Company = spokesman an to. earn ‘more a out Shosuke Ueda said the three . bodies found this morning - Be ee brought the final death toll Business? CTU Ny to 83. He said 13 of the 96 ; miners initially trapped by . 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Very fruitful’ is how Levesque, later described the meeting. -“They have some very large development projects and ] . _ had the impression they were very open to exchanges. It could be very interesting, especially for Hydro-Quebec. | “There are very good prospects for joint ventures as far as hydro dévelopment is concerned. If there is some sort of _ project that materializes, why shouldn't I 80 and see how " our people are doing over there?” ‘- Zhao will spend the night in Montreal and leave Friday _ for Toronto. From there he travels to Niagara‘ Falls, | Vancouver,and Victoria before flying home next Monday. He spent three days in Ottawa where he addressed - Parliament, had extensive talks with Prime Minister Trudeau, and discussed a variely of commercial projects. ; | Farwest Tours Inc. presents the . 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Kerr was gunned down as he emerged from an elevator near his office on the third floor of a -campus building. - - A university statement said two men fired on Kerr and . fled after ie was wounded twice in the head by bullets fram a silencer-equipped pistol. “Death was instantaneous," said Cornoner Dr. Akmed -. Harati said in an autopsy report. Police investigators said two men in their eatly 20s carried out the killing and raced down three flights of stairs , ‘ ta escape. On Wednesday, armed men sprayed an Israeli patrol with machine-gun fire in Sidon, in Israeli-cccupied southern. Lebanon, seriously wounding one Israeli soldier, witnesses said by telephone. Lebanon's state radio said one of the ambiishers was a a - year-old Lebanese boy who was killed when Israeli troops shot back. ts 7 RSP. 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