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144 CAPE TOWN Renter President John Vorster resigned today Prime Minister Pieter Botha announced in the South African Parliament Botha made the announcement as he presented report on the countrys in formation department scandal that criticiz ed Vorster for covering up the affair when he was prime minister Vorster 63 wasinaugurated as president in October after resigning the premiership for reasons of health He had succeeded the late Nicolaas Diederichs Vorster was cleared of involvement in the scandal in report by the Judicial Commis sion last December He was the subject of increasing allegations since then however and the commission said in its report today that it had to amend its earlier findings It accused Vorster of covering up the in formation department scandal when he was prime minister The commission told Parliament that it was amending its earlier findings that Vorster had emerged with unblemished in tegrity because by covering up misap propriation of millions of dollars by the governments information department Vorster has to share responsibility for the irregular actions of Information Minister Connie Mulder Mulder has since been ousted from the cabinet Parliament and tihel governing National party over the scan The report said For more than year Vorster together with Dr Mulder kept his knowledge of irregularities in the ad ministration of the country from his cabinet colleagues at time when the press and the opposition were already making serious in sinuations and accusations of malad ministration against the government THIRD REPORT ISSUED The report is the third and expected to be the last issued by the commission under Judge Rudolf Erasmus The commis sion was set up last November by Pieter South African leader resigns over scandal JOHN VORSTER accused of coverup Botha Vorsters successor as prime minister to investigate the scandal The commission ranged widely in its latest investigations sending lawyers overseas to examine information depart ment activities in its global propaganda campaign For the first time it also went into allega tions that South African government money was used to buy part of the UPITN interna tional newsfilm agency and the Sacramento Union newspaper in California as well as in attempts to buy the Washington Star and share of British publishing company The report repeated the commissions earlier clearance of Botha and Finance Minister Owen Horwood from involvement in the scandal Pontiff tells Poles to preserve faith still strong despite official harassment and repression of their church When one man held up banner in Czech saying Holy Father dont forget your CZESTOCHOWA Poland AP Defying Eastern Europes Communist governments and their long campaign to promote atheism Pope John Paul II hailed the Roman Catholics of the Soviet bloc states for preserv ingtheir faith and unity ls it not Christs will is it not what the Ho ly Spirit disposes that this Polish Pope this Slav Pope should at this precise moment manifest the spiritual unity of Christian Europe the pontitt said as he celebrated mass Sunday at the cathedral in Gniezno Polands first capital greet the unity of Catholics thank God that after 1000 years it still lasts untouched by time he said earlier after celebrating mass for throng of 500000 in field outside Gniezno in western Poland It was direct challenge to Eastern Europes Communist governments telling them in effect that the faith of more than 50 million Roman Catholics in their countries is Well if it isnt Karol Jozef Wojt la What brings you bac to Poland Medal awarded Georgian College held its convocation Saturday and Bonnie Scott received the past presidents medal for the highest average for three year program For complete children in Czechoslovakia the Pope replied The Pope cant forget about these children We cant forget our brothers In his outdoor address the Pope spoke at length of the importance of Polish culture and its close ties with Christianity He said their culture has been decisive for the Poles throughout history more decisive even than material power and from its beginnings Polish culture bears very clear Christian signs It is still so today he said Christian in spiration continues to be the chief source of the creativity of Polish artists Polish culture still flows with broad stream of inspirations that have their source in the gospel Arriving Saturday from Rome to welcome from more than million people in Warsaw the 59yearold pontiff went by helicopter Sunday to Gniezno Today he moved on to Czestochowa in southern Poland on the edge of the Silesian in dustrial basin for threeday conference of bishops at the Jasna Gora Monastery of the Pauline Order homage at the shrine of the Black Madonna the Polish churchs holiest Site and series of outdoor masses and private services The Black Madonna is medieval icon of darkskinned Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus which hangs in chapel at the monastery It is visited by millions of Polish and foreign pilgrims every year Meanwhile the Soviet television service broadcast its first pictures of the Popes visit to Poland about 30 seconds of film of the Popes arrival in Warsaw without any shots of the crowds that greeted him commen tator 0n the program said the Vatican was looking for new ways of extending its in fluence and some circles in the Polish church were trying to use the visit for anti state purposes Ghana revolt quelled LONDON Renter statement broad cast over Accra Radio today by the com mander of the Ghanaian army said an at tempted uprising was put down early today Gen MA Odamte member of Ghanas ruling Supreme Military Council said have come to the studio to confirm that the uprising which took place during the early hours of this morning has been curbed am hereby ordering all officers and men of the Ghana armed forces to return to list of the graduates and the story and pic ture of Miss Scott see the Today page Appointments announced Three new appointments to Georgian Col leges administrative staff have been an nounced by Wayne Busch college presie dent The college now has new principal for its Owen Sound Campus new director of studetit services and new chairman of nursing programs For story see todays Lifestyle Page Barrie swimmer chosen Margaret Dickens 20 of Barrie was among 24 Ontario athletes chosenSunday to represent Canada at this summer Interna tional Speech Olympics for the mentally handicapped Dickens won gold medal in swimming at threeday selection meet held in Toronto during the weekend and will be part of the eightmember Canadian their respective units Steps are being taken to restore the armed forces to normality Planelands safely SAULT STE MARIE Ont CP An airplane carrying more than 100 passengers from Toronto was forced to use emergency landing procedure on Sunday less than 24 hours after simulation of plane crash at Sault Ste Marie International Airport Contradictory indicator lights in the Nor dair Boeing 737 left the pilot unsure whether the landing gear on the right side of the jet had locked into place The flight crew instructed passengers to remove sharp objects from their clothing and put their heads between their knees The plane landed without incident at 1025 Spenkelink buried LOS ANGELES Reuter Convicted murderer John Spenkelink executed in Florida eight days ago was buried Satur day in the Los Angeles suburb of Buena swim team for the Internationals slated for Aug 813 in Brockport NY See Sports page index Vista his hometown About 80 persons in cluding Spenkelinks mother and two sisters attended the memorial service in which Spenkelink was described as thankful and loving man Spenkelink was executed in the electric chair for murdering fellow drifter in 1972 He was the first per son to be executed in the US since 1977 Actor dead at 45 Hollywood Calif Jim Hutton 45 the boyishlooking actor who starred in number of movies and played the detective in the television series Ellery Queen died Saturday of liver cancer fig35 115th year No I31 Monday June 1979 the examner serving barrie and Simcoe county 5e Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 95° Weekly Joe Clark takes over 05 new OTTAWA CP Joe Clark takes over the government of the country formally today and Newfound lander John Crosbie takes the key cabinet post of finance minister Progresswe Conservative party source said Sundav Clark and the Conservative cabinet he has selected will be sworn into office shortlyafter 2pm EDT following the ritual resignation of Pierre Trudeau as prime minister The ceremony comes 13 days after the voters and Trudeau conceded the government to the Clark Conservatives in the May22 federal election Crosbie 48 onetime Liberal who turned Tory is member of prominent New foundland business family lawyer who studied at the London School of Economics and became active in provincial politics He was Newfoundland finance minister 197274 before winning the St Johns West parliamentary seat in 1976 byelection He made reputation in the Commons for rollicking oratory Other cabinet appointments named Sunday by party informant include James McGrath 47 another Newfoundland fisheries minister Saskatoon lawyer Ray Hnatyshyn 45 as energy minister and lawyer Allan Lawrence 53 former attorneygeneral of Ontario and onetime Conservative consumer affairs critic as solicitorgeneral and minister of consumer affairs Others to be in the Clark cabinet lineup the informant said include former Toronto mayor David Crombie Nova Scotia lawyer Elmer MacKay and David MacDonald former United Church minister representing Egmont PEI An unidentified Quebec judge is among Quebecers Clark has been trying to recruit for his cabinet the source said As the names of appointees began leaking in Ottawa party sources said there is grumbling among some veteran Conser vatives associated with the right wing of the party on the ground that Clark leaned most heavily on members identified with the par tys left The swearingin ceremony at Rideau Hall historic residence of GovGen Ed Schreyer will be televised for the first time by arrange ment between Clark and Schreyer JOHN ROSBIE likely finance minister Escapees picked up KINGSTON Ont CP An OPP con stable picked up two hitchhiking escapees from the Prison for Women and took them into custody just hours after they went through hole in wall to freedom Theresa Gagne 27 serving five years for the strangulation death of her lesbian lover prison guard and Debbie Howes 25 serv ing threeyear term for breakin fraud and theft were caught less than 31 hours after they escaped from the Kingston in stitution Iraniansresign TEHRAN AP All seven directors of the National Iranian Oil Co submitted symbolic resignation in support of their chairmans accusation that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is trying to put Iran into an Islamic straitjacket informed sources said They said the directors told the revolu tionary government the atmosphere was not conducive to the proper performance of their duties But their resignations were symbolic and they are continuing to work the sources said All seven were appointed by the company chairman named by the revolutionary regime Hassan Nazih Last week he told the Iranian bar association which he also heads that Irans political judicial and economic affairs cant be forced into an Islamic mould Commando craft sunk TEL AVIV AP An Israeli navy patrol boat sank Palestinian commando craft early today off Israels northern coast and apparently killed several guerrillas the military command said Israeli press reports said the navy patrol spotted rubber boat near the Lebanese border and opened fire detonating ex plostves carried by the guerrillas First reports said several bodies were floating in the water where the boat sank but it was not immediately known how many there were Come home to The Examiner Call 7266539 for home delivery Prime Ministerdesignate Joe Clark is escorted on Government House grounds by pressaide Jodi White Monday Clark was being given tour of the area for Mondays swearingin of the new government CP Laserphoto Levesque urges PQ members to win referendum campaign By KEVIN DOUGHERTY QUEBEC CP Premier Rene Levesque urged his Parti Quebecois members to go out and campaign to win the referendum on sovereigntyassociation as the seventh party convention wound up Sunday Leaving this convention and until the referendum day we will present clearly and with unshakable faith new horizon where the light is like rising sun and the view stretches into the future Levesque said He said that from now on the party will exist only with view to the referendum adding that the campaign had begun at am the morning after the May 22 federal election As for the referendum date the premier would only say it would be late this year or early next year and promised to announce the decision of his government on the timing before the Quebec national assembly ad journs for the summer on June 21 The party emerged united from the con vention with clarified definition of what it means by sovereigntyassociation In con trast to rumblings of discontent heard before the convention the 1600 delegates gave Levesque thunderous ovation at the end of the meeting Delegates approved positions advanced by Levesque and Claude Morin his minister of intergovernmental affairs to temper the political sovereignty Quebec is seeking with an association to preserve beneficial links with Canada But Levesque iost one battle when Pierre Renaud his choice for PQ vicepresident was beaten by 400vote margin by Louise Harel an outspoken critic of the party estab lishment Police battle crowd Underground agent Herbert ODell Smith known as Digger ODell waves from the vault in which he will be buried until the price of gas comes down ODell who went underground Friday in front of his Phenix City Ala mobile home has written letters to Pres Carter and the governors of all the states protesting the cost of gas AP Laserphoto Amin taught lesson ORABA Uganda AP We have taught Amin lesson he will never forget the commanding officer said after taking the deposed dictators hometown and consolidating the new Ugandan govern ments control over the country The remark Sunday by MajGen Silas Myunga was borrowed from Idi Amin who used it against Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere in October when Amins troops occupied part of Tanzania Tanzanian intelligence officers said they believe Amin is in Libya which sent him soldiers and arms during the Tanzanian counterinvasion London newspaper reported several weeks ago that he was in Iraq with his family Myungas men took Amins home Village of Koboko and the nearby towns of Yumhe and Moyo without resistance during the weekend then pushed to within 200 metres of the Sudanese border ending 1600kil0 metre drive that began April Tanzanian officers said no more military advances are planned and that they expect some of the many thousands of Tanzanian soldiers who took part in the campaign to begin withdrawing from Uganda soon fired rubber bullets and smoke grenades to day at demonstrators hurling rocks setting fire to street barricades and yelling police assassins to protest the killing of an an tinuclear protester schools and public transport in the provin Provisional wing were behind both attacks The IRA which has claimed responsibility for most of the 34 slayings in Nothern prime minister Inco strike comes to end SUDBURY Ont CP When workers at Inco Metals Co voted Sunday to end their month strike union president David Pat terson congratulated them for persisting in the face of hardship and for disregarding bargaining committee proposal to return to work tnree weeks ago Said Patterson of the refusal by the membership to go back last month If it hadnt been for them we would have signed for lot less What the 11700member Local 6500 United Steelworkers of America finally settled for will give the miners and smelter workers an increase of $407 an hour in wages and benefits over three years and bring the base rate including estimated costofiiviiig allowance to $940 an hour by the end of the contract Thats about 39 cents an hour more in wages and benefits than the offer rejected in May company spokesman said lnco would start recalling workers today With businessmen and community leaders watching the members voted 677 per cent to ratify the threeyear contract The vote was 5983 in favor and 2869 against In chaotic scene outside the union liall Patterson president of the Sudhury local told reporters that union members deserved credit for their perseverance and behavior during the strike which started Sept 15 ADMITS MISTAKE Of his endorsement of the offer three weeks ago he said Im not perfect and make mistakes Nuclear chutists trained secretly NEWCASTLE Ont CP Five parachutists who landed at the Darlington nuclear power plant site during mass demonstration Saturday had taketi part in secret today training session their jumpy master says Kris Paterson 42 said he took the five to Simcoe Orit for training last week They probably violated every rule in the book about jumping but it was worth it for the attention they attracted the Toronto resident said Three of the parachutists all of whom were charged with trespassing had jumped only four times before Paterson said Gary Byer of Toronto Bob Cummings of Vancouver and Dan Flint of California had never jumped before they practised at the Simcoe training school Maggie McCaw and Don Flint botli of Boston also took part in the jump or ganized by the Greenpeace Foundation environmental group About 1000 people attended the demonstration Saturday at the mooacre site 70 kilometres east of Toronto The worlds largest nuclear plant is to be completed in Newcastle by 1987 PAMPLONA Spain AP Riot police general strike shut down industry cial capital of Pamplona and spread to the rest of the province including the town of Tudela where police bullet fired during clashes with demonstrators Sunday killed young woman Boobytrap fatal ARMAGH AP boobytrap car bomb killed police superintendent and con stable on patrol in an antiguerrilla sweep in Northern Ireland police said today The superintendent in the predominantly Protestant Royal Ulster Constabulary was the most senior officer killed in Northern Irelands sectarian war The fighting has taken 1915 lives in 10 years The men were blown up in their patrol car Sunday night near the border village of Crosmaglen Security sources said they were involved in search of County Ar magh for the gunmen who shot and killed police reservist and civilian in the town of Armagh on Saturday Police said they suspected guerrillas of the outlawed Irish Republican Armys Ireland this year made no immediate anlt nouncement about the four weekend deaths weather Sunny with afternoon cloudy periods today few showers or thun derstorms this evening and tonight Partly cloudy Tuesday High today 22 to 25 Low tonight to to High Tuesday i9 to 23