The record, 21 novembre 1985, jeudi 21 novembre 1985

Thursday Births, deaths .7 Editorial .4 Classified .10 Comics .11 Business.5 Living .6 Sports .8 Heavier variable skies HEATHER STRATTON SUNNY Min SCNOOl Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Thursday, November 21, 1085 40 cents “I may or may not know all the answers, but I sure as hell know we need more big bangs.” Federal government partly lifts shoe import quotas SHERBROOKE — Reaction was quick but mixed Wednesday after shoe-import quotas were partly lifted, opening up Eastern Towships manufacturers to more competition from low-wage-paying countries.The import quotas on foreign shoes, which have cost consumers $450 million to $500 million during the last eight years, will be phased out beginning Dec.1, International Trade Minister James Kelleher said in Ottawa.Quotas on all men’s, boys’, children’s and infants’ shoe imports will be lifted at that time, although quotas on women’s and girls’ shoe imports will be phased out over three years, he told the Commons Bui Richmond Liberal Ml’ Alain Tardif called the action "A catastrophic and hypocritical decision which is a death sentence for Canadian enterprise.In the coming hours or days, I am convinced that four or five companies will announce that they are closing their doors.And this, the Conservative government is seemingly ignoring.There are even Conservative deputies who were satisfied with the decision." But Kelleher said the Canadian footwear industry will still be protected by a 23-per-cent tariff on imported shoes.He said the government doesn’t believe the “doom and gloom predictions" that the industry, based mainly in Quebec, will collapse as a result of removing the quotas.Shoe manufacturers and many Quebec MBs had lobbied hard to extend the quotas beyond their ex piry date of Nov.30 to protect Ca nadian companies against cheap imports.See QUOTAS, p.3 i S*':*» 1 RECORD/GRANT SIMEON Blood clinic ends today Blood donor Michel Jollette earned himself a circle of young admirers two-day clinic got off to a slow start, and Sherbrooke-area residents are Wednesday when he gave a pint of blood (actually 380 ml) at the urged to make a donation today.The clinic is open until 8 p.m.Who Optimists Club Red Cross clinic in the Belvedere St.Armoury.The knows?you might make some new friends too.Liberals six points ahead of PQ, No agreement but talks start MONTREAL (CP) - The Liberals maintained a six-percentage point lead over the Parti Québécois in popular opinion two weeks before the Dec.2 election, a poll released Wednesday indicates.The telephone poll, conducted between Nov.6 and 18, indicates the Liberals will get the support of 48 per cent the 1,600 people surveyed while the PQ will be supported by 42 per cent.The figures, compiled by Le Joli-coeur and Associates for Radio-Quebec and the Montreal daily Le Devoir, include an adjustment for undecided respondents and are close to figures in a survey conducted Nov.8 to 10 which had the Liberals leading the PQ by 50 to 44 per cent.Premier Pierre Marc Johnson spent part of Wednesday denying reports he called a part-time journalist from the Italian community “a bitch.” The premier became angry during an interview Monday when Patricia Sepe asked about a “black list” containing the names of ethnic community leaders which came to light in 1982.“I never said that word,” Johnson said Wednesday.“It was not an interview, it was a debate and I stepped out.Yes, I got angry because I don’t like that attitude.” Sepe, who reports tor an Italian-language community TV program, said Wednesday that Johnson did not call her a “bitch” but that he Angry hill OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Brian Mulroney ducked a group of angry demonstrators from the depressed Montreal East area Wednesday, racing off in his limousine under the eye of nervous secu rity officers while Public Works Minister Roch LaSalle diverted the crowd's attention.About 300 demonstrators were protesting what they say is the government’s failure to stop several major Montreal-area factories from shutting down.Tension mounted when a limousine pulled onto Parliament Hill to pick up Mulroney.The demonstrators, realizing the prime minister would leave the Parliament Buildings through a particular door, moved over to'that door and chanted: “We want Mulroney.” Nervous security staff huddled among themselves, apparently plotting an alternate exit route.One security officer in a car ac- did call her a “fascist” and a “damned malcontent.” She said progress Johnson has made in the Italian community will be adversely affected by his outburst.While campaigning in Montreal, Johnson repeated that Hyundai Auto Canada Inc.’s automobile plant in Bromont, Que., will generate 1,200 direct jobs and 1,600 spinoff jobs.And he accused Liberal Leader Robert Bourassa of “economic amateurism” for suggesting that Unmasking EDMONTON (CP) — A new suspect has emerged at the inquiry into the failure of the Canadian Commercial Bank but unlike previous suspects, this one isn’t flesh and blood and can’t be fired, sued or castigated for any part it might have played in the bank’s demise.The new object under suspicion is none other than the system of accounting in Canada as it applies to Canadian banks.As the bank's auditors concluded their third day of testimony before the inquiry Wednesday, there was mounting evidence that current accounting procedures do not necessarily give a true picture of the health of a financial institution.In some instances, the procedures outlined by auditors Robert Lord of Clarkson Gordon and Dou- companying Mulroney’s limousine fingered a bolstered shotgun as he waited.Mulroney’s security staff have had shotguns mounted under the dashboards of their cars for some time.As the demonstrators waited for Mulroney, Liberal Leader John Turner arrived, accompanied by several Liberal MPs from Mon treal.Turner grabbed a bullhorn and accused the government of neglecting Montreal, pledged the Liberal party’s “solidarity” and urged the workers to keep fighting.Suddenly, big names were everywhere.Suzanne Blais Grenier, the minister of state for transport who represents a Montreal riding, came outside and told the workers their problems were the fault of the previous Liberal government.Liberal MP Jean-Claude Malepart tried to confront Blais-Grenier.but she brushed him off the 1.600 indirect jobs won’t materialize.Bourassa had said the PQ’s haste in announcing the deal could cost Quebec the spin-off jobs, but the premier made a distinction Wednesday between spin-off jobs and jobs created by subcontracting, the purchase of auto parts.Spin-off jobs go to “ cleaners, restaurants, lawyers, transporation, professional service, everything that goes on in economic life,” Johnson said.Bourassa said Wednesday the in- glas Carr of Peat Marwick, Mitchell were unique to the Edmonton-based bank.One such case was the use of “baseline values” for securities, where the value bank management assigned to a security was a combination of its current value and what management thought it might be worth sometime in the future.But others, such as the appropriations for contingencies account, are in use across the industry.This account, which appears on the balance sheet of every bank, is supposed to contain enough money to cover unforeseen losses in the coming year and should reflect management's best guess at what those losses will be.But in their testimony Wednesday, both Carr and Lord said the Liberal Jean Chretien appeared.He autographed copies of his recently-published book for the demonstrators.BROADBENT ARRIVES Not to be outdone, NDP Leader Ed Broadbent waded into the group, trailed by aides and a couple of MPs He told the demonstrators tha‘ the government, having spent millions on bank bailouts and another $600 million on a tax Jeal for Gulf Canada, now should spend some money on job creation.As the demonstrators clustered around the various political personalities, RCMP officers gently nudged them away from the exit Mulroney uses.By the time LaSalle addressed the demonstrators, they had been moved well away from that exit.As LaSalle spoke, a smiling Mulroney left the Parliament Bull- poll says telligence of Quebecers was insulted when the premier said the Hyundai announcement had nothing to do with the election campaign.Bourassa was less forthright, however, when asked what a Liberal government would do about the abortion issue.“There is a general law in Canada, and it’s up to us to apply it,” Bourassa said.“I can’t elaborate two or three months beforehand.We shall see in time and place.” level of the account depends on how much money can be transferred from the bank’s other sources of capital and often bears no relation whatsoever to the losses the bank might anticipate.Such was the case in the 1984 financial statements of Canadian Commercial, which were prepared by management and audited by Carr and Lord.In those annual statements, the last issued before the bank collapsed Sept.1, the appropriations for contingencies account stood at $16.6 million, down from $24 million the previous year.This didn’t mean the bank expected to lose less money in 1985, Lord explained.The problem was it had no more money to transfer from the retained earnings account, which is where funds to bolster the dings, waved to a handful of tourists standing where the demonstrators had stood moments before, and jumped into his limousine.The limo pulled out in a rush, leaving behind the security car that always follows the prime minister.The driver of the security car slammed on the accelerator to catch up, squealing his tires and leaving skid marks LaSalle, who had met the demonstration leaders earlier, said the Conservative government is trying to rebuild economic prosperity and blamed the Liberals for leaving the country in “a most catastrophic state.“Today we are called upon to repair the irrepairable." he told the jeering erow’d.He said the government is studying special measures for Montreal, but was not specific.To comlicate matters further, another group of about 200 people GENEVA (AP) —U S.President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev concluded their "fireside summit” today without agreement, or even guidelines, on how to limit nuclear arsenals.The leaders said “serious differences remain,” but pledged to accelerate the pace of arms talks.The leaders, chatting amiably at a brief closing ceremony, signalled a thaw in the U.S.-Soviet relationship by announcing their agreement to hold a second summit next year, and a third in ’OST.“These two days of talks should inject a certain momentum into our work on the issues between us, a momentum we can continue at the meeting we’ve on next year,” Reagan said.A U.S.official said that session would take place in June in Washington, with the return summit tentatively set for Moscow a year later.Gorbachev, who came to Geneva intent on trying to get Reagan to abandon his Star Wars missile defence plan, said: “The solving of the most important problems concerning the arms race and increasing hopes of peace — we didn’t succed in reaching at this meeting."So there are important disagreements on matters of principle that remain between us.” Reagan, who sought a sharp reduction in nuclear stockpiles, said : “The real report card on Geneva will not come in for months or even years.” SEEK COMMON GROUND A joint statement added that “the two sides have confirmed the importance of an ongoing dialogue, reflecting their common desire to seek common ground on existing problems.” The leaders reached accord on five agreements covering issues such as cultural exchanges, air safety in the North Pacific, U.S.and Soviet consultâtes and research on contingency account are usually found.The auditors’ explanation of this and other accounting practices prompted Mr.Justice Willard Es-tey to question the entire accounting system."Is it possible that the rules of accounting, as they have been applied to the Canadian banking system, are no longer adequate?” asked the Supreme Court of Canada judge who has been asked to find out why the western bank failed and who was responsible.“You’ve got this artificiality of an account for contingencies which goes up and down, not according to contingencies, but according to the available wells from which you can pump funds in.And as they go dry, you can’t pump anymore.” turned up during the Montreal East demonstration to protest the government's refugee policies.Although both groups were peaceful, there were some nervous moments as RCMP officers worked to keep the two sets of demonstrators apart.OUT OF LUCK The refugee demonstrators attracted no attention from the politicians.They tried in vain to out-shout the Montreal-area workers and eventually broke up and drifted away.In the Commons later — with Mulroney absent — LaSalle repeated that the government is looking at how it can help the Montreal East workers, but again he did not elaborate.The workers are worried about several major plant shutdowns and layoffs expected to take effect in the area during the next few months.solar technology.U.S.State Secretary George Shultz acknowledged at a news conference the summit did not produced anything to curb the nuclear arms race.But negotiators may now have “some political impulse” for their talks.In his closing remarks, applau ded by Gorbachev, Reagan asked: “Will we join together in sharply reducing nuclear bombs and moving to non-nuclear defence to make this a safer world?Will we join together to bring about a peaceful resolution to conflicts in Asia, Africa and Central America?“The people of America, the Soviet Union, throughout the world are ready to answer yes.“There is hard work ahead, we are ready for it.Geneval Secretary Gorbachev, we ask you to join us in getting the job done, which I am sure you will.” Reagan said after the first superpower summit in six years: “I leave Geneva today and our fireside summit determined to pursue every opportunity to build a world of peace, of freedom.” The two leaders held private talks for about an hour Tuesday before a blazing logs in the fireplace of a pool house next to Lake Geneva.The decision to commit them selves to meet again was reached Wednesday night while Reagan and Gorbachev sat before another roaring fireplace — following din ner at Reagan’s borrowed resi dence overlooking Lake Geneva.r Two freed in warden’s shooting RIVIERE-DU-LOUP, Que.(CP) — Two men held on a coroner’s warrant since Nov.10 in connection with the fatal shooting of a game warden were released Wednesday after a coroner found them negligent but not criminally responsible in the death.Michel Saint-Pierre and Guillaume Desbiens, both 25, were set free after coroner Jacques Berube said they were not criminally responsible in the death of Alain Chouinard in the Squatec region near the New Brunswick border Nov.9.Chouinard, 30, of Cabano, Que., died instantly after being hit by a bullet from a high calibre rifle.Chouinard’s partner, Robert Giguere, said he and the deceased had laid a trap, in the form of a false deer head planted on a stake, to trick deer poachers.Giguere said two individuals got out of a car at about 10 p.m EST on Nov.9, approximately 200 metres from where he and Chouinard were hiding and, with the help of a flashlight, began shooting in their direction.The two men then drove off after hitting Chouinard, but collided with a van belonging to other game wardens, Giguere said.Saint-Pierre and Desbiens said they were driving home when they saw a pair of deer's eyes in the dark.Desbiens said he fet ched his gun from the trunk of his car, fired and heard a cry Seized wih panic, the two men drove off, only to hit another van, they said.The coroner questioned the wardens’ method of using a false deer head to catch poachers and said he planned to make certain recommendations concerning the practice.Chouinard was the first Quebec game warden to die while on duty in 16 years.In 1969.two wardens were fatally shot near Quebec City.No one was ever charged but police believe escaped prisoner Jacques Mesrine and another man were responsible for the kil- lings.____________________ demonstrators keep PM, security hopping the real culprit behind bank failures ï—The RECORD—Thursday, November 21,1985 Bill prohibiting public hooker-customer communication passed OTTAWA (CP) - Legislation to clean the streets of prostitutes was passed by the Commons Wednesday and referred to the Senate for final consideration.The bill, which would prohibit hookers and their customers from communicating with one another in public, was opposed by the Liberals and New Democrats but the Conservatives used their massive majority to pass it by a vote of 111-35.NDP justice critic Svend Robinson, who made several unsuccessful attempts to restrict the scope of the bill in committee, accused the government of using a “legal sledgehammer” to sweep the streets of prostitutes.He said the bill is a harsh attack on civil liberties and blasted the Conservative for doing nothing to solve the “social and economic problems” that force prostitutes into the sex trade.“The bill will be used against the poorest of prostitutes who huddle under the street lights.R won't affect the call girls who service the economic elite of Canada," he told the Commons as Conservative MP Ron Stewart shouted across the aisle that women become prostitutes because “they’re too lazy to work.” USE EXISTING LAWS Robinson said the streets could be cleared of prostitutes if the police used disorderly conduct provisions of the Criminal Code or if municipal nuisance laws were enforced.Liberal MP Lucie Pepin told the Commons the police will use the bill against prostitutes but not their customers because there are few female officers on morality squads to do undercover investigations.Pepin said the bill will also force prostitutes underground and into the hands of pimps.Many prostitutes will continue to work the streets despite the fines and jail sentences, she added.The bill would impose a maximum fine of $500 and six months in jail upon conviction.The maximum fine will increase to $2,000 when newly approved changes to the Criminal Code come into effect later this year.Justice Minister John Crosbie has said the bill is an interim measure to satisfy the complaints of police and major cities concerned about the growing problem of prostitutes plying their trade on neighborhood streets.He has promised more extensive legislation in the new year to deal with other prostitute-related problems, such as juvenile prostitution.Quebec will arrange loan for Hyundai plant MONTREAL(CP) —The Quebec government will arrange for the financing of a $260 million loan that Hyundai Auto Canada Inc.will need to build a car plant in Bro-mont, Que., La Presse says in a front page story today.This and a minimum of $110 million supplied equally by Quebec and Ottawa “are but two of the elements of a very long list of gifts” that the provincial government has granted the Hyundai company, the Montreal daily says.La Presse says details are described in a letter of agreement between Industry and Commerce Minister Rodrigue Biron and the company.The newspaper obtained a copy of the letter.Another letter of agreement between Quebec and Ottawa “confirms that the federal government is ready to finance half of a $110-million subsidy,” the story says.“Nowhere in the two documents does one find the least condition imposed on Hyundai by the two governments concerning subcontracts, Canadian content and purchase of parts here,” the newspaper says.The “most astonishing element” of the letter signed by Biron is that“the Quebec government will help the South Korean multinational to find the money necessary” to build the Bromont plant, the story says.“Hyundai will borrow a minimum of $260 million out of a total of $300 million that the project will cost — $100 million for the building and $200 million for equipment.“ It will be a long-term loan for 20 years,” the story goes on.“And the industry and commerce minister will ‘supply the support necessary’ for creation of a consortium taht will ensure the financing.” Dieppe raid veteran told to leave country TORONTO (CP) — Fred Darvin has to leave Canada by January — a slap in the face for a man who fought for his country in the Second World War and spent S'/z years in a German prison camp.The veteran, who will be 70 next month, was part of the Essex Scottish Regiment, which on Aug.19, 1942, took part in one of the bloodiest and most disastrous battles of the war — the Dieppe raid.Now a U.S.citizen.Darvin wants to live out the last years of his life in Canada, but the Immigration Department has told him he has to leave the country by Jan.15,1986.“I feel down,” he said in a telephone interview from his apartment in Windsor, Ont.“I don’t feel that it’s the right decision."I know I went to live in the United States, but there were reasons for that.But now all I want to do is live out the rest of my days hereat home.” Darvin, a native of Manitoba, first moved to Windsor as a youth.After he left the army in 1945, he returned to the border city where he worked briefly for Chrysler Canada Ltd.He was laid off after six months but found a job in Detroit in a tool-and-die shop in 1946.WENT TO FLORIDA He became a U.S.citizen and raised a family.In 1960, he moved to the warmer climate of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for the benefit of his two sons, who had muscular dystrophy.The eldest boy died at 21, the second at 17.A married daughter still lives in Florida.Two years ago, Darvin developed circulation problems in his left leg.He had four operations on his arteries, and when it appeared the problem was not getting better, he and his wife Madeline decided to return to Canada.As a veteran, Darvin’s medical treatment in Canada is paid for by the Department of Veteran Affairs.The couple moved to Windsor in June 1984 and Darvin checked into Windsor Western Hospital for yet another bypass operation.His leg had to be amputated because of gangrene.“I’m taking therapy now,” Darvin said.T’m learning to walk on a trainer leg before I'm fitted with a proper artificial leg.” The Darvins, who both gave up Canadian citizenship to become U.S.citizens, applied for landed immigrant status, thinking the process would be straightforward.TURNED DOWN But the Immigration Department turned down the application on the grounds of medical inadmissibility, citing a section of the Immigration Act that says people with medical conditions likely to cause “excessive demands” on health or social services cannot be accepted.Darvin said he is “self-supporting” from social security and veteran’s benefits and that since the operation, he feels fine.The decision has stunned and angered provincial and national leaders of the Royal Canadian Legion.Ed Slater, director of service for the Dominion Command of the Royal Canadian Legion in Ottawa, stressed that Darvin would not be a drain on health services because he is entitled to “certain rights because he served his country during the Second World War.He’s a veteran.” On Sept.4, Veterans Affairs Minister George Hees wrote Immigration Minister Flora MacDonald asking that Darvin be allowed to remain in Canada, but the response was negative.Slater said he had been convinced that MacDonald would look on Darvin’s case favorably.“After all, this man fought for his country and he was a POW, and if he was good enough to fight for Canada, then we should welcome him back.” However, Len Westerberg, a spokesman for the Immigration Department, said Darvin gave up his citizenship and is no different from any other U.S.immigrant, and “there are no extenuating circumstances that will change that.” #¦____fogl iFEcrnn George MacLeren, Publisher.569-9511 Charles Bury, Editor.569-6345 Lloyd G.Schelb, Advertising Manager.569-9525 Mark Gulllette, Press Superintendent.569-9931 Richard Lessard, Production Manager.569-9931 Debra Waite, Superintendent.Composing Room.569-4656 CIRCULATION DEPT.— 569-9528 Subscriptions by Carrier: 1 year: $83.20 weekly: $1.60 Subscriptions by Mall: Canada: 1 year- $60.00 6 months- $35.50 3 months- $24.50 1 month- $14.00 U.S.& Foreign: 1 year- $120.00 6 months- $72.00 3 months- $48.00 1 month- $24.00 Back copies of The Record are available at the following prices: Copies ordered within a month of 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have signed a two-year contract, retroactive to Jan.1, which provides for wage increases of four per cent a year.The contract was ratified by 56 per cent of union members, a CP Rail statement said Wednesday.The union represents 4,400 railway conductors, trainmen and yard employees.Postal workers demonstrate MONTREAL (CP) — Some 200 off-duty inside postal workers paraded outside the main post office for two hours Wednesday while union leaders met with management inside to discuss staff cuts.Officials of Canada Post Corp.said operations were not disrupted.The pickets were night-shift employees and they did not prevent people from entering or leaving the building.Marcel Perreault, head of the Montreal local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, said the demonstration was a protest against post office plans to replace full-time workers with part-time employees.The union has contended that 800 employees — 600 of them in Quebec — would be affected by the plan.Conference not the NDP style OTTAWA (CP) — The New Democratic Party has scrapped a $50,000 brainstorming session at a Quebec retreat scheduled for this weekend after party members had appealed for broader involvement in policy discussions.Party spokesman Julie Mason said in an interview that although ideas abound, the party has not yet devised a concrete alternative to the cancelled national conference.Dow denies illegal waste burning TORONTO (CP) — Dow Chemical, at the centre of controversy over the “blob” found in the St.Clair River, denied Wednesday that it has been illegally storing and burning chemical wastes at its Sarnia plant.“There is no basis whatsoever for the charge we have illegally disposed of waste in any way,” the company said in a news release.Last week, the Ontario Environment Ministry said it may lay charges against Dow Chemical Canada Inc., for transporting dangerous chemicals to Sarnia from Alberta for disposal.And Environment Minister Jim Bradley told reporters Dow has no licence to dispose of chemical waste that doesn't originate at the Sarnia plant site.Logging law unconstitutional?OTTAWA (CP) — New Democrat justice critic Svend Robinson said today he supports the logging blockades established by Haida Indians in British Columbia in contravention of a court order because the law is being applied in defiance of the Constitution.Robinson, who just returned from a five-day tour of the Queen Charlotte Islands where the confrontation between the Haidas and a logging company has been raging for weeks, also said the British Columbia government is deliberately trying to whip up trouble to cover up the high unemployment rate in the industry.Hurricane forces evacuations PENSACOLA, Fla.(AP) — Hurricane Kate stalked 560 kilometres of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico today and 87,000 Florida Panhandle residents were ordered to flee inland from the storm whose 185-kilometre-an-hour winds and massive tidal surges have been blamed for 10 deaths.Gov.Bob Graham called out 300 Florida national guardsmen to prevent looting in three of the eight coastal counties he ordered evacuated and to set up roadblocks on roads jammed with refugees from Kate’s threatened fury.Ulster expects U.S.support DUBLIN (AP) — Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald said Wednesday he expects significant aid from the United States and other countries to support the agreement on Northern Ireland he signed last week with Britain.FitzGerald, in an interview with The Associated Press, said the aid would not solve all of Northern Ireland’s economic problems, which include a 21.4-per-cent unemployment rate.But “it’s a very important backup.It must help people to see the positive benefits of the agreement.” New Guinea volcano erupts PORT MORESBY (Reuter) — About 360 villagers were evacuated today as lava flowed down the slopes of Mount Ulawan volcano in Papua New Guinea, officials said.Emergency Committee head Herman Talin-gapua said the flow was moving toward hamlets on the eastern side of the volcano, on West New Britain island, five kilometres from the crater.The volcano has been erupting continuously for the past three days.But Talingapau said the lava flows were cooling and unless volcanic activity increased it should be safe for the villagers to return within a few days.African rival tribes battle JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Two rival tribal groups of about 1,000 men each battled through the night with spears and clubs outside Durban, killing at least eight blacks and wounding dozens more, South African police said Wednesday.A police spokesman said the fighting between Zulu and Pondo tribesmen was not politically motivated.18 killed in Malaysian riot KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter)— Moslem extremists battled police over the arrest of a preacher in Malaysia’s worst bloodbath in 16 years, leaving 18 people — including the preacher — dead in a storm of arrows, flaming torches, firebombs and shotgun blasts.Deputy Prime Minister Musa Hitam told Parliament that Tuesday’s fighting in northern Kedah state is a “black mark” in Malaysia’s history.He said the government would monitor religious activities more closely.Refugees moved at gunpoint PARIS (Reuter) — Between 50,000 and 100,000 refugees have died in Ethiopian resettlement programs after being forced to move at gunpoint, the head of a leading French medical aid agency said Wednesday.Rene Brauman, chairman of Médecins sans frontières, said he would urge the United Nations to intervene to stop the programs.Brauman, who returned to Paris on Monday from a five-day trip to Addis Ababa, said agency field workers had reported refugees being forced at gunpoint to move to new camps in the south.Soviets accused of intimidation PARIS (CP) — Soviet soldiers are killing children and destroying orchards, crops and villages in a savage campaign to depopulate Afghanistan, says a student who just returned from the war-ravaged country.Michael Barry, a graduate student at the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University in Montreal, spent last month travelling “by moonlight and starlight” with a Swedish doctor and two French photographers in Soviet-occupied central Afghanistan.They found devastation and near-famine, heard stories of Soviet atrocities and confirmed reports that Afghanistan is losing its people through mass exodus caused by what Barry called a campaign of intimidation.Poland to release 360 prisoners WARSAW (AP) — The Polish government said Wednesday it has freed 26 more political prisoners, raising to 101 the number released so far under a clemency act, the official news agency PAP reported.PAP said the prisoners have been released from pre-trial arrest or have had their prison sentences suspended since clemency took effect last week.The government has said most of the more than 360 political prisoners in Poland will be released after their cases are reviewed.Human rights problems worsen UNITED NATIONS (Reuter) — The human rights problem in Afghanistan has worsened, with indiscriminate mass killings of civilians and the execution on the spot of people belonging to opposition movements, said a UN report published Wednesday.The study was drafted by Felix Ermacora, an Austrian jurist and legislator, who was appointed by the UN Human Rights Commission.It cites “the use of anti-personnel mines and of so-called toy bombs; the indiscriminate mass killings of civilians, particularly women and children; the growing use of heavy weapons with most destructive effects; the systematic discrimination against persons not adhering to the (ruling) People’s Democratic party of Afghanistan ; the non-acceptance of members of the Afghan opposition movements as prisoners of war.” IRA bank account to be opened LAUSANNE (Reuter) — A major Swiss bank will have to disclose details of a numbered account held by the Irish Republican Army in an extortion case, the Swiss Federal Court ruled Wednesday.The court said a request to look into the books of Swiss Bank Corp.came from Scotland Yard after the Provisional IRA kidnapped the chairman of a food store and demanded a ransom equalling $9.9 million Canadian.Philippines has new chief justice MANILA (AP) — President Ferdinand Marcos swore in Ramon Aquino as the new Supreme Court chief justice of the Philippines on Wednesday, bypassing for the second time a more senior justice who had been critical of his government.Aquino, 68, replaced Felix Makasiar, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 Wednesday.By appointing Aquino, Marcos broke judicial tradition for the second time this year by bypassing Justice Claudio Teehankee, who has served on the court longer than any other current member.Investigation of suspected false signatures possible MONTREAL (CP) — Candidates who may have used false signatures on petitions supporting their candidacy are entitled to continue their election campaign and cannot be disqualified, a spokesman for Quebec’s chief electoral officer said Wednesday.Lise Dallaire said Director General of Elections Pierre-F Cote could not withdraw a candidacy once a candidate's form has been officially accepted.“If the form is accepted, we can’t go back,” said Dallaire.But the legal department of Cote’s office is “studying the possibility of investigating” allegations that Nicole Thibault, the Christian Socialist hopeful for Deux-Montagnes in the Dec.2 election may have used false signatures on a 71-name petition supporting her candidacy.The law calls for a fine of $100 for a candidate found guilty of using names of people he does not know, but there is no provision for the automatic disqualification of such a candidate although he can be prosecuted once the campaign is over.Quebec’s electoral act stipulates candidates must gather at least 60 signatures on a petition before their names can go on a ballot.Checks by The Canadian Press Tuesday revealed at least two of the names on Thibault’s petition were of people who were unable to identify their handwriting on a photocopy of the list.CANVASSED HOUSES The checks indicate Thibault confined herself to a block of houses on a few streets in canvassing for names, a method further investigation Wednesday suggests was used in at least three other ridings.Liberal and Conservative sources confirmed the procedure Wednesday, as did one returning officer who refused to be identified.Clairmont Barnabe, the Liberal campaign director in Marguerite Bourgeoys, said the names of people on the petition of Gilles Ri-vest, the Christian Socialist candidate in the riding, came from just three streets.“We also noticed that the signatures appearing on the petition didn’t correspond with those on the electoral list,” said Barnabe.The returning officer, who comes from the Laurentians area north of Montreal, told The Canadian Press the same phenomenon of geographical concentration was found on the petitions of Daniel La-branche and Alain Michaud, the Christian Socialist candidates in Argenteuil riding and Terrebonne riding respectively.Cloudy with sunny breaks 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