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BEST COPY AVAILABLE A THE OTTAWA LOW -7, HIGH 1 E1 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1991 FINAL WEEKLY DELIVERED gst included) 3 1 I ill 1 ft 1 AC omb blasts in London train stations kill 1, injure 41 vi ki iyy i By Mike Trickey Southam News (or the Citizen fsiYl LLLS -f Officials said they didn't have time to locate the bomb before it detonated. Cmdr. George Churchill-Coleman, head of Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist squad, said the bomb was of high-explosive designed to kill and maim. "It was a vicious attack on the part of the perpetrators, knowing perfectly well that the travelling public going to the station at that time, a busy hour, would cause maximum casualties." If it was an IRA action, it would mark their first attack on mainland civilian targets since six people died in a car-bombing at Harrod's in 1983. London train stations have not been attacked by the IRA since the 1970s.

Trails of blood snaked along the floor of Victoria Station over the shattered glass and abandoned backpacks and bicycles as convoys of ambulances arrived to take away victims. Jeremy Rose was buying a train ticket when the bomb went off. "I heard an almighty bang that just ripped through the station. The glass in the ticket booth shook. Flight departures were suspended and passengers in planes on the ground were not being allowed to leave the aircraft, according to an unidentified spokesman quoted by the BBC.

Home Secretary Kenneth Baker said the attack at Victoria Station London's busiest rail and underground terminal was deliberately timed to cause the maximum number of casualties. "I want to say how disgusted and appalled I am by this vicious attack on innocent people going to their work in London this morning. The act is an act of murderous criminals, who quite coldly calculated that they could do the greatest damage to innocent men, women and children by placing a bomb in a litter bin in the concourse of Victoria Station." Scotland Yard said an "Irish-sounding male" called the London Transport travel centre at 7 a.m., saying he was with the IRA and that bombs would be going off at all mainline stations in 45 minutes. LONDON One person was killed and 41 injured today as bombs ripped through two London train stations. All the casualties occurred during the morning rush hour at Victoria Station, which was rocked by an explosion in a main floor garbage can at 7:45 a.m.

Six people are in serious condition, including one man who lost one of his feet. Another bomb went off about four hours earlier at Paddington Station but there were no injuries. Security officials say the bombs were almost certainly the work of the Irish Republican Army. The blasts come 11 days after a failed mortar attack by the IRA at 10 Downing Street disrupted a meeting of the war cabinet. Later, all four terminals at London's Heathrow Airport were evacuated following "a non-specific bomb threat," an airport spokesman said.

4., -Heuter Bomb debris: Main concourse of Victoria station after bombing i- 4 I- i I fifes pi i a Kl I Jl 1 if fit, i in jr it The ethics of war Ethics scholars say both sides may have broken ethical rules of combat in the first month of warA2 U.S. rejects ceasefire The U.S. promised no interruption in the relentless bombing of Iraq despite today's talks in Moscow aimed at averting the escalation of the gulf warA3 Sticking with UN External Affairs Minister Joe Clark believes the U.S. will not step beyond the boundaries of UN resolutions in dealing with lraqA4 -Af pnoio Gulf talks: Iraqi Foreign Minister Aziz, left, Soviet President Gorbachev discuss gulf issues today Ottawa Council chooses Laviolette as mayor By Juliet O'Neill SonthaTi News lor the Citizen MOSCOW Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev proposed today a peace plan to end the gulf war but stands by the United Nations' demand for Iraq's unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait. Gorbachev raised the plan during a three-hour talk with Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz, who immediately returned to Baghdad for reaction from President Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council.

"The Gorbachev plan envisages a wide spectrum of issues which could be solved in the gulf region," presidential spokesman Vitaly Ignatenko told a news conference, refusing to elaborate. He said the talks focused on Iraq's three-day-old "program" for withdrawing from Kuwait and a need for urgent measures to prevent an imminent escalation of the war. The U.S.-led military forces are poised to launch a major ground assault after a month of air attacks aimed at pushing Iraq from Kuwait. Gorbachev's middleman efforts came after Iraq temporarily heightened hopes of an end to the war by saying Friday that it would withdraw from Kuwait. The hopes were dashed, however, by Iraq's request to link the withdrawal to such demands as an Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab territories.

U.S. President George Bush rejected Iraq's offer as "a cruel hoax" but said on the eve of Gorbachev's diplomatic effort that the mention of withdrawal was positive. Today, a spokesman for Bush said the U.S. plans to continue "to prosecute the war" while Iraq considers Gorbachev's peace By Carrie Buchanan and Anne Tolson Citizen municipal writers Marc Laviolette became Ottawa's new mayor this morning, capturing the eight votes needed to win the interim post on the first ballot of council. Laviolette, Ignatenko said he could not elaborate on Gorbachev's plan but added that it was being sent today in hopes of "understanding and speedy reaction" from Saddam, Bush and the leaders of Iran, France and Italy.

"The plan envisages political measures which we believe will be accepted with understanding by the Iraqi side," Ignatenko said. "We expect understanding for the program on the part of the allies in the multinational coalition." He described Aziz as "very constructive" and said the minister explained that Iraq's offer Friday was not a set of "conditions" for withdrawing from Kuwait but a "program." However, Ignatenko couldn't explain the difference. Iraq's revolutionary council said withdrawal from the tiny oil-rich emirate invaded last August should be "linked with" a withdrawal of U.S.-led military forces from the gulf, a pullout of Israel from occupied Arab territories and other issues. elected in November)," Laviolette told fellow aldermen after being sworn in as mayor, first in French and then in English. The 40-year-old alderman was described as "a long-time champion of franco-Ontarian rights and franco-Ontarian culture" by his nominator, Carleton Aid.

Tim Kehoe. "We've had a difficult year. We've got to work together. We've got to pull together," Laviolette said in a brief acceptance speech. He emphasized that his role is different than that of an elected mayor, noting: "I'm chosen by members of council.

I'm not elected by members of the public." Laviolette beat Canterbury Aid. Michael McSweeney, with five votes, and Overbrook-Forbes Aid. George Kelly, with two votes. Ontario's Municipal Act specifies that an interim mayor must be a sitting alderman and must win a majority vote of council in this case, eight of Ottawa's 15 members. The race had been a dead heat until the last minute because McSweeney had the promise of seven second-ballot votes.

Kelly's name would have been dropped from the ballot if no one had won the eight-vote majority in the first round. But it wasn't necessary to go to the second ballot. Elmdale Aid. Jamie Fisher, the only council member who had not revealed beforehand how he would vote, became kingmaker by voting for Laviolette. Billings Aid.

Joan O'Neill withdrew from the race Sunday, saying it was politically too risky to run for interim mayor because it could mean a chal lenge in the November election by whoever replaced her as interim mayor. Laviolette, a part-time teacher with the Ottawa-Carleton French Language School Board, has requested a leave of absence from his job, which will be voted upon tonight by the board. The leave was approved by board staff last week, and chairman Yvon Ferrand said trustees would automatically approve it. As for his replacement as By-Rideau alderman, the Municipal Act allows council to appoint any Ottawa elector to fill the post until the next election. Heritage Ottawa president Richard Cannings was nominated by Alta Vista Aid.

Darrel Kent, but other aldermen introduced motions calling for a delay until March 1 to allow others to apply for the job. first elected as alderman for By-Rideau ward in 1980, succeeds Jim Durrell, who left office Fridav for a full-time job Laviolette as president nterim ma or of the Otta- 7 wa Senators hockey club. "I'm going to give you everything that I've got the best I can do (until a new mayor is mm of 0, Carleton announce bid for 1997 university games BAILING OUT Embittered natives leaving public service in droves By Maria Bohuslawsky Universities and colleges wntor By David Pugliese Citizen public service writer ILplease recycle icheline Belanger knew it was time to leave the federal public service when her boss outlined his solution to solving native problems. B2 Lotteries UN "He said we should all be moved off the re ne Action Line B6 Horizons -v r' The world university games organization, the Fdeation Internationale du sport universitaire, is expected to make a decision next winter. Farquhar said seven countries are bidding including China, France and Italy.

A successful bid would bring athletes' villages which could later be used as student residences, said Farquhar. It would mean new gymnasium and fieldhouse facilities on the two campuses and upgraded track and field facilities. Existing municipal pools would be used. National teams of current and recent students would be formed to participate in 12 main events. The games would draw thousands of athletes and tens of thousands of tourists to Ottawa, said Farquhar.

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"We expect to send a delegation to the 1991 games In Sheffield (England) this summer to begin making a case." The games are held every two years, winter and summer. Farquhar said the joint $50,000 bid must be submitted by April to the Canadian Inter-University Athletic Union, the national university sports body. Its decision is to be made in June or July. The University of British Col i i serves and into the cities," recalls the Micmac woman, who at the time worked for Health and Welfare. "He said all Indians needed were flush toilets and fat pay-cheques and everything would be taken care of." Belanger quit in 1989, shortly after her boss revealed his attitudes towards natives.

She doubts she'll ever return to the public service. For Yves Assiniwi, the realization that he couldn't continue In his government job came during the Oka crisis last year. The native self-government negotiator with Indian and Northern Affairs watched In frustration as federal politicians dragged their heels over becoming involved in the dispute. "I couldn't sit there and watch that go on. I realized I had to live with myself." said Assiniwi, who handled negotiations during earlier problems at the Akwesasne Reserve near Cornwall.

In July, he quietly resigned from his Job after 13 years with the public service. Assiniwi and Belanger are among a growing number of Plcaso see OUTA2 CityRegion ft Scoipboard C4 Oiissiliedl ft Senior Clinic B8 F3 Sporis CI Comics B7 Sweelman B4 CriMSWord F3 Television Dear Aliby 86 Weather El tditonan A8 Wonderword E8 Fnlertainnwit D6 World A3 Hny A7 Your Finances 03 Mam Citizen number 829 9100 Want ads 829 9321 Circulation 596 1950 MAIL Tha Ottawa Citizen, 1101 Baxter Box 6020, Ottawa, Ont K2C 3M4, is registored as socond class mail No 0279 'Fat City' shuts its pockets Wnyno Hioberl, Citizen Out: Oka last straw for Assiniwi 11IKMX.KYKOAU'lURKUm.KV D1 umbia Is also bidding. i.