Kingston Gleaner

Gleaner, The (Newspaper) - January 9, 1981, Kingston, Kingston The daily gleaner Friday january 9 1981 Page seven Wrangle halts talks on Independence Date Geneva Jan 8 talks on setting a Date for a ceasefire and Independence for Namibia South West Africa were held up Here today by a Wrangle Over the status of the tory s internal parties United nations Secretary general Kurt Waldheim met leaders of the South West Africa organisation Swap to try to win their assent to a for Mula that would break the procedural deadlock for political Power the ruling democratic Alliance data were continuing to insist on taking pan in the talks on an equal ing with Swap not As part of the South african delegation after yesterday s formal opening the con Ference has still failed to get off the ground because of the dispute or Waldheim last night also met Gates of South Africa which has ruled the territory for the past 60 years a spokesman for the data Faneuil told reporters they had not Dis cussed the possibility of a walkout if their requests were not met or said the data would be satisfied by a formula under which the inter Nal parties were identified and introduced by South african Danie Hough the delegation Leader at an open session before the talks got Down to business another data Delegate Kaura accused the of trying to stack the deck in favour of he said the data which won a massive Victory in elections organised by South Africa in december 1978 not recognised internationally and boycotted by group could beat Swap in a free and fair vote any Day or Kaura said the data represented the majority of the namibian people but the Swap Leaden had been out of the country for 20 years and if they went Home now they would get signs of anarchy in Poland says party newspaper International briefs Warsaw Jan 8 Cana As Poland s government and workers appeared headed for a new confrontation today the communist party newspaper spoke of signs of anarchy in the country in Gdansk delegates of the Independent Union Solidarity began a second session of talks on outstanding issues that threaten to sour relations with the government last night the delegates passed a Tion declaring a five Day week until the government came up with new proposals the government has offered either every other saturday free or a five Day 42 hour week arguing that the immediate introduction of a 40 Nour week would devas Tate the Economy the communist party daily Tribuna Ludu referred in an editorial to tons of anarchy by people Bent on pressing the authorities into dismissing certain party officials the paper said Solidarity members were involved in a number of areas where unions were demanding the dismissal of local party officials and it said such actions contempt for social norms and the elementary principles of democracy the paper also criticised a senior Leader of Solidarity Andrzej Gwiazda quoting him As calling for full democracy and a Multi party political system in Poland in an interview with a Western newspaper it was the first time observers could recall Tribuna Ludu a member presidium by name yesterday the hard line army daily Merz Wolnoski said the communist system could not tolerate a political opposition David Henry Barnett shown Here in an october 29 photo was Given 18 years yesterday in District court on charges of Selling secret military information to the soviet Union agent gets 18 years Baltimore Jan 8 former Cia agent David Barnett was sentenced to 18 years in prison today for ing defence secrets to the soviet Union Barnett 47 is believed to be the highest level soviet mole Ever uncovered within intelligence heed guilty last october 29 to passing information to the soviet intelligence network the Kab Barnett was accused of accepting dollars from the soviet for telling the what the United states knew about Tain soviet missiles sub marines destroyers and bombers judge Frank Kaufman who passed sentence said Barnett would be eligible for parole in six years Barnett who worked in the Central intelligence Agency s directorate of operations was said to have been recruited by the Kab after world Bank loan to Barbados Washington Jan 8 Cana the world Bank today announced the approval of a six million Dollar us loan to the Barbados Light and Power company limited to help finance an expansion programme to meet the electricity needs of Barbados up to 1983 the estimated total Cost of the programme is eight Mil lion dollars us and it is Pait of the 121 7 million Dol far 1980 83 expansion plan of the Bank said it said that the provision of an adequate and reliable electricity service is essential to the development of the country s tourism and sectors which employ about 40 per cent of the labour Force account for 24 per cent of the Gross tic product and contribute about 80 per cent of foreign Exchange earnings the relatively Strong ceo nomic growth of Barbados Dunn the past years has proportional rapid increases in the demand for electricity and growth in demand is projected at 7 6 per cent per annul during 1980 85 generation trans Mission Ana distribution tems must be expanded and improved to serve this grow ing Market while improving the present Quality of serv ice the Bank said hostage crisis unresolved Algiers Jan 8 Cana Reuter l s Deputy Secretary of state Warren Christopher began talks Here today with algerian foreign minister Mohamed on the latest exchanges with Iran Over the 14 month hostage crisis or Christopher refused to make any statement to report cars when he arrived at Algiers Airport i do not wish to say anything More than i said last night in Washington he told them three algerian inter mediates who have been shuttling Between Teheran and Washington for weeks did not take part in the talks official sources said the envoys were remain ing in the iranian capital for the time being the sources added an iranian government spokesman Behzad Nabavi said yesterday that Algeria had proposed that it might help Iran and the us to solve the dispute by accept ing undertakings from both sides but official sources in Algiers quickly expressed sur prise saying the algerian government was continuing 10 play the role of inter mediary and had no pro to make for resolving the crisis before leaving Washington last night or Christopher said that Iran and the United states seemed to be narrowing the differences Between them a bit but the Gap was still a Large one this week in Newsweek International s cower re port on the mafia former mobster Jimmy the weasel Fratianno tells How he loyally murdered rivals on mob s orders Page 26 author Jorge Luis Borges tells Newsweek International we Are not worthy of democracy Page Reagan to meet with Mexico s Portillo on fishing rights and on threat of latin american revolution Page 6 soviet Union s economic troubles and growing military strength a menacing combination Page 18 Greece to reap substantial economic benefits from dec membership Page 36 party chairman Hua headed for tical oblivion in China Page 23 Newsweek the Superior alternative at newsstand 4 Only notice amendments to racing pools rules october 16 1980 Rule 14 to be eligible for participation in the racing Pool a Coupon must be deposited at one of the premises approved for such purpose by the betting gaming and lotteries commission every Coupon must be deposited by the subscriber and must be validated by the occupier of premises at which it i deposited hereinafter called the the Coupon must be deposited and validated As the Day on which the selected race s Are scheduled to be run to be eligible for participation in the racing Pool a Coupon must be received by the promoter at its main office not later than one hour before the advertised Post time of the first race on the race Day on which the selected races Are scheduled to be run the total amount staked must be handed in Cash to the collector at the same time As the Coupon any Coupon which is not deposited with a collector As aforesaid will be disqualified a collector and All persons concerned with the collection and transmission to the promoter of coupons shall be regarded As the agents of the subscriber and not of the promoter in All matters relating to the collection validation and transmission of coupons stake Money and dividends and rules 12 and 13 of these rules shall govern the relationship Between the subscriber and the collector if the remittance accompanying a Coupon shall from whatever cause be less than the amount actually staked by the subscriber on the Coupon such Coupon May be disqualified but the accountants in their absolute discretion May decide that in All the circumstances the Coupon shall be accepted making such adjustments As they May consider necessary Rule in the event that the stamped on such Coupon u hereinafter in this mentioned is a Day on which the racing Pool scheduled to be conducted by the racing promoter in whose name Coupon a Coupon which valid in accordance with these will be valid Only Lor that Date in the event that the Date stamped on such Coupon As aforesaid is not a race Day on which the racing Pool is scheduled to be conducted by the racing promoter in whose name the Coupon is issued a Coupon which is valid in accordance with these rules will be valid Only Lor the race Doyen which the racing Pool is conducted by the racing promoter in whose name the Coupon it issued next following the Date stamped on the Coupon Rule 18 the result of the racing Pool will be made Public by the promoter not later than seventy two hours after each Day on which Pool is conducted or at earliest Opportunity thereafter if for any circumstance results could not reasonably be published within specified time Rule 19.1 the promoter will not later than ninety six hours after each Day on which the Pool is conducted Send a Cheque made out in favour of collector whose serial number is on Coupon in of and to collector whose serial number is on Coupon for amount of any dividend below which is declared in respect of such Coupon the subscriber shall collect his winnings from the collector in Exchange for copy of Coupon which was retained and Over must be collected by the subscriber at the main and subscriber whose name is on the Coupon shall deliver to promoter copy of Coupon which was retained by subscriber in order to entitle him to payment racing promotions Ltd he retired from the Cia in 1970 to embark on business dealings in Indonesia which left him in financial difficulties judge Kaufman told Ett i Don t think that there is any question of the fact that you did harm to this country he said the term was a heavy penalty even though espionage carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment but he added that he hoped it would deter any ers who might think of ing secrets to foreign Powers Barnett sat quietly through the hearing he told the judge he had nothing to say before tence was passed besides giving the Kab technical information acquired in a Covert operation Barnett was accused of identifying 30 Cia agents and naming in russian citizens regarded by the Cia As potential recruits government prosecutors told the court they were Satis tied he had cooperated fully and had detailed All the information he passed to the soviet Union London Jan 8 British merchant seamen in dispute with their employers Over pay today disrupted plies to North sea Oil installations Crews from Oil Rig Supply ships ferries and cargo vessels prevented ship movements from various scottish ports Only one Rig ply ship was allowed to leave with ment urgently needed to Cap an Oil Well Harry Bygate a National Union of in Nus spokesman in Scotland said the men had acted in anticipation of National sanctions being imposed by the Union on the British merchant Fleet on monday ferry services to Europe Are expected to be hit by the planned hour strike in support of a 16 per cent pay claim the employers association the Al Council of British shipping has offered a 10.5 per cent Rise meanwhile sewage and water Supply workers campaigning for higher pay Are also threatening to take Industrial action pm meets unionists Nassau Bahamas Jan 8 Cana prime minister Lynden met unionists at parliament building police arrested More demonstrating teachers and the government said it was prepared to increase its wages offer to Public servants these were the latest developments in the country s charged Industrial scene As teachers stayed off the Job their strike continued today and the Bahamas Union of teachers maintained its demand for a 30 percent pay Rise Over the next three Vears the strike which began monday was Dis cussed in parliament yesterday afternoon while teachers were demonstrating on the streets outside education minister Darrell Rolle said the government deplored the use of children As tools in the Industrial dispute prime minister Pindling and Union ers had what was described As an explore meeting at parliament building the prune minister later restated that his government could not afford to the teachers 30 percent demand major explosion London 8 a major explosion believed caused by a bomb erupted tonight at a Royal air Force Raf training and administration Centre in Uxbridge on the Northwestern outskirts of London Scotland Yard reported no casualties were reported initially by ambulance services and the extent of dam age was not immediately known the defence ministry said the bomb exploded in a stairway in a residential Block the whole base is on Alert in Case there Are other a spokesman said Raf was operation Centre for spitfires and hurricanes fighting in the Battle of Britain at the Start of world War two it was the third bomb incident in the Lon Don area in the past nine Days two tanks in East London were damaged by two bombs on december 31 no one claimed responsibility but Cion fell on the Irish Republican army which is fighting for British with from Northern Ireland a parcel bomb addressed to prime my ister Margaret Thatcher was discovered and defused in a mail sorting office yesterday Scotland Yard said tonight that the Scot Tish Republican league had claimed responsibility for the parcel bomb in a Telephone Call to a newspaper six members of the league were jailed for Between six and 16 years last year when they appeared in court in Glasgow on terrorism charges share out Accord 8 the european common Market s new executive commission agreed today on the share out of jobs for its 14 members after discord Between Britain and Ireland As to who should carry responsibility for Reform of the dec budget commission president Goston Thorn announcing the distribution of in his executive took pains to play Down reports of tension during the bargain ing Over jobs which began yesterday but went on into Early today but senior commission officials said final agreement was Only reached after Long argument Over budget responsibilities in which British prime minister Margaret Thatcher intervened personally at one Point in a Tele phone Call to or Thorn or Thorn reconfirmed Britain i Tugendhat in the role of budget com missioner but he also gave special response to Ireland s Michael to act As Delegate to the president in Over budget Reform Britain won agreement Over cuts in in budget contributions last year but the argument has since become a much wider Issue afghan stand Kuala Jan 8 Cana Reuter Ifa Leader of one of the groups fight my the soviet presence in Afghanistan said today that new International moves to resolve the afghan crisis would not be accepted by the afghan people or Gul Mohamad director of for eign relations of the islamic party of was commenting on a report from new York yesterday that a United official had begun talks with representatives of Pakistan Afghanistan and Iran on a pro posed new initiative to resolve the crisis in Afghanistan any settlement thit other countries arc attempting will not be accepted we started the jihad holy War by our own Means and with our own weapons he told a press con at the end of a week s visit to Malaysia they cannot negotiate the afghan Issue with the Babrak Karmal government on behalf of the afghan people or added interpreter defects Jan 8 Cana Reuter a soviet interpreter at East West troop reduction talks in Vienna has defected to West Germany with secret documents on Moscow s negotiating tactics the stut Garter Zeitung reported today the stut Garter Zeitung said or Koro Yuk was understood to be carrying important secrets although the nature of the information was not known irritation in the soviet delegation in Vienna suggested the leak was considered serious they added the newspaper said in is report from Vienna that the interpreter left his delegation before Christmas drove to the cites Schwec hat Airport and took the first West bound plane Gulf War versions Teheran Jan 8 heavy fighting continued today Between iranian and iraqi forces on their two main War fronts around in West Iran and farther South near the Oil towns of Abadan and Ahwaz official iranian Media reported pan news Agency said Nian forces killed 160 iraqi soldiers near and destroyed 10 enemy tanks As a heavy artillery Duel continued on the South pm front near Abadan Iran declared a counter offensive against invading iraqi troops three Days ago and pan said the iranian commander in the area had described the iranian Advance As magnificent iraqi account Beirut Jan 8 Iraq tonight reported con heavy fighting in the iranian Oil producing Vince of Khuze Stan and said its forces killed about 700 iranians a High command Nique on operations in the hours quoted by the official iraqi news Agency Ina said the iranians also lost about 40 tanks Iraq said it lost 30 tanks and 40 dead in addition three iranian helicopters were reportedly shot Down by iraqi fighters tried to attack tary positions in the Region of Ahwaz capital of Khuze Stan province while an phantom fighter was downed by anti aircraft fire important notice to All 100 la Cylinder customers in the corporate area in an Effort to reduce the risk of danger to the lives of our delivery contractors because of armed robbery we Are asking you to help us delivery contractors will no longer collect Cash thank you for your co operation doing better 63 half Way tree Road Tel Security r your friends the to when shopping do not display Large sums Money in Public pm always make sure that you Contact the police by telephoning free or anyone acting suspiciously ;