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the egemlner jrriursgay August 23 979 news roundup Marchand quits as presidt MONTREAL ICP Senator Jean Marchand resigned Wednesday as president of the Quebec wing of the federal Liberal Party The atmosphere of the Quebec wing has so deteriorated that feel no obligation to continue as president Marchand said in his letter of resignation submitted at meeting of the Liberals Quebec executive here great number of MPs are convinced that our organization is no longer playing the role it should and believe they are right would rather resign post in which am paralysed than resign my ideas and my convictions In the same vein Mar chand told reporters as he left the private meeting that the partys Quebec organization no longer permits the party mem re JEAN MARCIIANI no obligation president of the Quebec wing bership to express their in March to help direct the opinion party through the May 22 election MarChand wyeflrom In his resignation letter he former labor leader WhO said he took the job out of entered federal politics in 1965 with friends Pierre Trudeau and Gerard Pelletier was named interim sense of duty and never aspired to run for election to the post in October when his term was to end Might have to consider casinos FORT ERIE Ont CPI The Ontario government might one day have to consider licensing casinos in Niagara Falls Ont if gambling becomes legal in Niagara Falls NY and threatens the Canadian citys economy Larry Grossman minister of industry and tourism said Tuesday he would be obliged to suggest such licensing among other options if Niagara Falls Ont was becoming ghost town It would only be if Niagara Falls 0nt almost closed down he said later in an interview dont think thats going to happen 10000 Shriners attend conference WINNIPEG PI As many as 10000 Shriners ac companied by an assortment of motorcycles cars camels horses and burros began their annual threeday midwestern meeting today The nobles of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine had planned two major parades performances by bands and bugle corps chanters pipes and drums flag pa trols and much more in locations throughout the city Theyre great hams says Tony Adams deputy director of Winnipegs Khartum Temple They all like an audience May protest lawyers expulsion OTTAWA CP The govemment is considering formal protest to the Soviet Union for its expulsion of Montreal SAVE on this sensational Sertapedic REGULAR FIRM QUEEN SIZE PIECE SET Mtg Saga Retail $299 NOW SIW Sertapcdic lilitilluiR FIRM designed to pronde regular firm comfort This Sertapedic features firmcoil innerspring construction with IIdgeguard support Cover is niiiltineedle qutlted tofoain for good surface comfort The matching foundation box spring prondes the proper support for this mattress $7400 Furniture Appliances 511 HUME ST publics attention Their next step might be to picket Mc FOLEYS Furniture Appliances For years to come Foleys can let you Save on first quality sleeper specials In your comfort in your size within your budget Sorta Ortho Supreme Specials PER PIECE ANY SIZE King and Queen sold in sets only couiuowooo law er Irwin Cotler this week an external affairs official sai Wednesday The official said External Affairs Minister Flora Mac Donald met with Cotler on Wednesday morning to hear his side of the story The minister will await Soviet reply to the Canadian embassys request for an explanation before deciding what to do the official said Earlier Cotler said he still sees hope for his defence of So viet dissident Anatoly Shcharansky despite the expulsion 1n fact the Montreal lawyer is planning on taking on two more clients Alexei Murzenko and Yuri Federov who like Sh charansky now are in jail in the Soviet Union Await decision from Iraq OTTAWA CP Canadian companies will be unable to bid on future projects in Iraq until lraqi authorities have had chance to discuss the Jerusalem embassy controversy with Canadian envoy Robert Stanfield lraqi ambassador Faiq Amin Mukhlis said Wednesday But government officials said Iraq has agreed to let Canadian companies enter Baghdad trade fair and sell products afterwards They were reacting to statement by Jay Scott president of Atco International of Calgary that Iraq has decided to remove all Canadian companies from its tender list for future prejects Trudeau denounces Loto move OTTAWA CP Opposition Leader Pierre Trudeau has denounced the federal governments plan to turn control of LotoCanada over to the provinces saying Prime Minister Clark is trying to achieve harmony between the provinces by giving them everything they ask for The Liberal leader told news conference Wednesday that the Progressive Conservative govemments attitude looks more like that of Quebec Premier Rene Levesque where all the powers belong to the provinces and where the federal government has no contact with the people Seven end office sitin TORONTO CP Seven persons protesting alleged harassment of homosexuals by police and Crown attorneys 21 by occupying Ontario AttorneyAGeneral Roy McMurtrys office waiting room ended the sitin Wednesday after two days Rev Brant Hawkes and law student Peter Maloney of the Right to Privacy Committee defence fund for homosexuals persuaded the protesters they had gained the Murtrys home Maloney said Ordered to stop phone messages OTTAWA CP Canadian Human RightsCommission tribunal has ordered the Western Guard Party to stop using the telephone for its pre recorded white power messages The tribunal said Wednesday the messages which can be heard by dialing Toronto number constitute hate mes sages and are prohibited under the Canadian Human Rights Act about them Testimony presented before the tribunal in June showed that Jews are the most common target of the messages and are associated with host of vices and problems Rebels kill 22 in clashes TEHRAN AP Kurdish rebels killed an army com mander and 21 soldiers in heavy fighting near the town of Saqez in northwestern Iran today as Arab militants in Khu zestan threatened violence in their oilrich province to the south the official Pars news agency reported Pars did not identify the dead commander of the 28th Divi sion but added that 15 soldiers were also wounded in the action near Saqez It gave no casualty figures for the Kurds Pars said 11 soldiers and 75 rebels were killed in clashes gt Wed nesd ay TEL 4450661 The commission appointed tribunal to investigate the messages after several Toronto Jewish youps complained Against Khomeini regime Rebels make annihilation claims TEHRAN AP Kurdish rebel leaders accused Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Kho meini of mounting an allout war to annihilate the Kurdish masses and said his attempt to crush their fight for home rule is worse than the suppres sion suffered under Shah Mo hammad Reza Pahlavi Tehran Radio reported 86 persons including 11 govern ment soldiers killed in the last two days in the lastest Kurdish rebellion in the mountainous Kurdistan region in western Iran Xe Imam1 The only difference be tween the two governments is that during the Pahlavi regime they did not kill innocent people so ruthlessly Karim Hesami of the Kurdish Democratic party said Wednesday The party was outlawed Sunday by Khomeini Irans fundamentals ist Shiite Moslem leader after days of bloody fighting between soldiers and rebels The religious leaders should understand that they cannot si lence the masses with their forces Hesami said in state ment read over the telephone from the Kurdish town of Mahabad Hesami also vowed retaliation against the government which has executed 2S Kurds since Saturday and arrested I00 more on Wednesday in the Kurdistan capital of Sanandaj scene of some of the most intense fight ing of the rebellion PLANS It RETAIJATII For every Kurd executed we will punish one revolution ary guardsman captured by our forces IIesami said He did not spell out the punishment NIKON QUALITY SERIES Blacks Year Accidental Damage Guarantee BLACKS WILL REPAIR OR REPLACE YOUR CAMERA OR 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last week when rebels overran the town of Paveh on the Iraqi border only to be driven out by weekend counteroffensive by Koh meinis soldiers and planes This week the fighting shifted to Sanandaj 415 kilometres west of Tehran The state radio said 60 Kurds and 10 guards were killed there Wednesday The broadcast also said 15 Kurds and one guard died in clash near the Kurdish town of Saquez