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The Terrace-Kitimat ‘fitness

_ challenge got off to a soggy start

Sunday.. In Terrace about 40 adults and children, and what seemed like almost’ as many dogs, ignored persistent drizzle. and cool tem-

. peratures to complete the Mother’s

Day walk. parkas, or clutching umbrellas, they

Comp.

Monday, May'14, 1984.

Many clad in raincoats, hooded: left the Bavarian Inn parking lot just - -

Above, par-

aller 1:30 p.m. Most walked,.but about three rode bicycles and one man made his way in a wheelchair.

Although the rain dispelled the

hopes of having a large crowd turn out in Kitimat, organizers were still ‘pleased with the 127 people that took part in the Sunday afterncon ac- tivity.

Both young and old waited for the

Kitimat run, jog or walk.

start signal from ‘Kitimat’s town:

The Terrace-Kitimat fitness chalienge larger group of fitness enthusiasts are ready to leave ¢ on the began Sunday despite Inclement weather. ticipants in the ‘Terrace. ‘Mother’ 5 Day walk and below, a

‘Still time to join. ‘int

both’ recreation centers “will be

crier, ready to face the challenge of. registering those wishing ta take

walk.

Joe Iannarelli, Kitimat recreation ; a director, said although the numbers -- for the. Sunday event were lower: =: than expected, the overall number of '

participants in the week-long» challenge will be:high because all the schools-will be participating and

_one of three events. - a run, jog. or. Part in cycling, swimming, -roller

> Skating, or any other physical ac- tivity’ during the week. -

“He estimates about 4,000 to 5,000 people will take part. See page three

for a schedule of Monday and:

Tuesday fitness challenge events in. Terrace and Kitimat...

Demand for security report

QUEBEC (CP) — The Liberal Opposition in Quebec has announced it will ‘demend a _ special

parliamentary commission to in-.

vestigate security. at the national assembly, in the wake of last ‘week's shooting rampage. .

Opposition Leader Michel Gratton

‘said Sunday-that the Liberals will ‘ present a motion Tuesday to

demand that the provincial

government set up such a com-.

mission.

The national assembly. is to

. resume silting Tuesday for the first

time since a man fired a sub- machine-gun in the assembly chamber last Tuesday, killing three people and wounding 13, shortly before the-assembly was scheduled to begin sitting for the day.

Denis Lortie, 25, & Canadian

Forces corporal, pleaded not guilty

Wednesday to three charges of first-

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Quebec provincial police are considering using armed guards and metal. detectors to. bolster security at entrances to the national assenibly.'

“Security measures can be very

effective while at the same time .

discreet,” said an unidentified

police official quoted in La Presse. "It’s not necessary that guards‘

point guns at people. It’s simply a question of preventing crazy shooters .or undesirables from penetrating the inside of the government building.” ,

A réport on the force’s security

recommendations will be presented —

to the assembly later this week. ON SECURITY

The Liberals want’ the special commission to investigate past and present security and to evaluate

proposals to improve it, Gratton said in an interview. They also want the commission s

’ hearings to be televised. The Liberals believe. a special.

commission must be established _ rather than using the national assembly’ 's existing parliamentary commission — to give it the greatest possible freedom in carrying out the investigation, Gratton said.

By using a special commission:

Speaker Richard Guay, ~ who presides over the existing parliamentary commission, could be called ‘to testify and answer questions from members of the national assembly.

Quebec Justice Minister Pierre Mare Johnson said Saturday the shooling was an isolated act and does not mean society has become more tolerant of violence.

Shooting, riots sweep. northern India states

NEW DELHI (Reuter) — A member of India’s security forces has been killed and 10 people have been injured in shootings and riots In the northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, the Press Trust of India news agency reported today,

A member of a local home guard unit was shot dead and two people, including a policeman, . were seriously injured when extremists attacked them at Jandoke railway

station about 32 kilometres from the -

Sikh holy elty of Amritsar on Sunday night, the agency said.

Eight people were injured Sunday during rioting by Hindus in Punjab's neighboring state of Haryana. Rioters. in the town of Yamunagar were protesling the murder of a

Hindu newspaper editor in Punjab on Saturday.

The news agency said police wielding canes charged crowds who set buses and other vehicles ablaze, tried to.set a temple on fire and stoned shops and another religious shrine.

About 2,500 mourvers attended the cremation Sunday of the editor-in- chief of the Funjab-based Hind Samacher, India News, newspaper group, Ramesh Chander.

Sikh extremists shol Chander In the centre of the town of Jullunder during the weekend,

A group calling itself the Dash- mesh ‘regiment claimed respon- sibility for Chander’s death.

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- Jeanne Sauve sworn in on

Parliament Hill

OTTAWA (CP) — - Jeanne Sauve called on Canadians to. join a

_ crusade for peace as-she became

Canada’s 23rd, Gavernor General today ina colorful’ ceremony full of pomp and pageaniry on Parliament Hill. .

Sauve, first woman ‘Speaker of the House of Commons and ‘now ‘first woman Governor General, swore allegiance to the Queen and her successors in ‘the ornate red Senate chamber on a family Bible used by her husband, Maurice, when he was first appointed to the cabinet 20 years ago.

Then she. urged. Canadians to go beyond “the building of a. great nation” to set ‘tan example for the world by a deep involvement in global reconstruction — a recon- Struction ‘whose final Objective is peace, . .

“Peace is the ‘ultimate goal irom which we cannot digress as long as the world is inhabited by starving, mistreated people who are victims: of the selfishness, Indifference and cruelty of others.”

“Peace should be our rallying ery, our foremost cause and the most compelling objective of gur common action,” said Sauve in a low voice, looking wan after an illness which delayed the investiutre...

Prime Minister Trudeau called Sauve “a remarkable person” and said the appointment of the first woman Governor

coo: Kidnappers 1 to newlywed couple

COLOMBO <AP) — The kid- nappers of an American couple were reported to have agreed today to

free the newlyweds, officials said, —

hours after extending a deadline to

kill the pair unless $2 million in gold .

was delivered. ; “It appears they would be

released, but we don't know the time

or place,” said Roy Whitaker, U.S.

’ vice-consul in Madras, capital of

India’s Tamil Nadu state. At first, the Tamil separatist

kidnappers had set a deadline for ~

noon today (2:30 am. EDT) to kill Stanley Allen, and vowed to kill his wife, Mary Elizabeth, six hours later if the Sri Lankan government did not meet the demands. The kidnappers elaim the couple spied for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

Tamil Nadu state officials said

. they, persuaded Tamil separatists,

arrested in a roundup Sunday, to telephone Jafina, Sri Lanka, where

_the Americans were kidnapped

Thursday night, and order fellow secessionists to release the pair.

“ft was an order, and. they said K, Mohandas, Inspector-General of Crime and Intelligence, Earlier, he. said an informant reported the kidnappers were looking for a face-saving way out.

State Chief Secretary § K. Chockalingam said: ‘There are indications they would be released in a matter of hours.” -

‘friends

General .

represents a “weleome evolution of our society.

“After being represented in Canada. by men for such a long period; it is right and proper that Her Majesty should finally have a woman representative here.

“IT am happy and proud to par- ticipate in this momentous event," he told Opposition Leader Brian Mulroney, Chief Justice Brian Dickson and the other judges of the Supreme Court of Canada, family, and other dignitaries crowded into the upper chamber to watch the ceremony.

Sauve, a native of Howell, Sask., praised Trudeau “for ‘having so sincerely and persuasively ex- pressed your ideas on the significant contribution of Canadian women to the life and progress of our society.”’

“She promised to concentrate her efforts “to the promotion: of the ideals of unity, brotherhood and peace.” .

Sauve and her husband, both former Liberal cabinet minister, were greeled by cheering crowds when they arrived In limousines under bright sunshine on the Hill and were serenaded by choirs as they made their way through the Hall of Honor to the Senate,

- The Sauves arrived from Montreal on a special Via Rai) train Saturday and practised their parts for today’s investiture ceremony during a dress rehearsal it Sunday.

"Tamil Nadu authorities said 16 Sri Lankan separatists ' were rounded up for questioning. Two of the detained rebels called Jaffna, Mohandas said.

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The kidnappers' notes demanded : that the ransom be paid through the ”

government of Tamil Nadu, where Tamil terrorists were reported to be training recruits in their drive to win independence for the Tamils of Sri Lanka, a minority ethnic, group there.

Claiming to belong to the Peaple’s Liberation Army, the kidnappers

accused their victims of working for .

the CIA.’ The newlyweds, from:

Columbus, Ohio, had recently moved to Jaffna, where he worked on water projects funded by the U.S, Agency .— for Development. Shortly after the noon deadline passed, a U.S, Embassy spokesman, Ronald .Open, told The Associated Preas the abductors had extended the ultimatum by six hours to give the Sri Lankan government time to pay the ransom and free 20 Tamil

_ secessionists from jail.

“This is our final warning,” said the note, the third sent to the government by the kidnappers.

The government rejected their demands but offered to talk.

Sri Lanka’s security minister, Lalith Athalmuthadali, said two young men on bicycle delivered the

latest note to a village leader who

was ordered to pass on the note to the Jaffna provincial administrator, the minister said.

Prisoners making

‘BOWDEN, Alta. (CP) — You won't see prisoners at the Bowden

Institution pressing licence plates — .

they work on missiles.

The’ sight of six-metre-long military rockets sliding in and out of the prison Industrial workshop still surprises visitors to the medium- security penitentiary, about 100 kilometres north of Calgary.

The projecl employs about six prisoners on an intermitlent basis, modifying obsolete target drones — or dummy missiles — for Canadian military use.

. “It’s just part of a production line thing we do to create more work in the institution,’’ said Bob Hanna, Bowden's assistant warden of in- dustries.

‘It's not a complicated type of thing, but it’s too small for a big company to entertain.”

The contract, said Hanna, in-

missiles

volves cutting -holes in the drone fuselages to allow mounting of booster rockets at Canadian Forces Base Suffield in southern Alberta.

The prisoners also manufacture and install a cylinder base plate to which the rockets can be attached, paint the drones and crate them for shipping to Suffield.

Hanna. said the rocket modification project is popular among prisoners because it gives them a change of pace from making the usual office furniture and mail container equipment.

“They particularly like the rocket modification because they can see they are doing something useful and their efforts are appreciated. They rather enjoy It arid take a lot of pride in it. . "It lends itself to a bit of diversity and contains a challenge for them because of ‘the quality-controt standards.”

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