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"1 1 nTrrnfTTTTTiTr-- $1 BILL On its way to shredder 06 DRUG FIGHT Mountie lost his life A5 Ann Landers E6 Crossword Cll Births, Deaths Fl Editorials A4 Bridge F3 Entertainment D9-12 Business Cl-12 Fashion Today Careers C7 Horoscope Cll City Bl-2 Sports D4-8 Classified Fl-12 Stanley Cup 01-3 Comics Television Thundershowers, 1 9C, Page F3 HEXTALL 1 2-game suspension D2 C5 (( Vow 7 r- S-: 'A -V (u TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1989 35 CENTS Outside Calgary 500 Minimum r3 ooo o)QlDn(oi 1 o)(oG were jamming its broadcasts, apparently trying to cut off one of the demonstrators' main sources of information. It was the first reported case of jamming since before diplomatic relations were restored in 1979. Wan Li, head of the National National People's Congress, China's legislature, began gathering signatures needed to convene a special session on the legality of martial law, indicating a further erosion of Li's support. In Washington, the Voice of America said Chinese authorities and protesters did occur Monday, but no shooting was reported. The promise not to attack demonstrators represented a serious blow to Prime Minister Li Peng and other hardliners-Sources said members of the People's Congress, told U.S.

Vice-President Dan Quayle while visiting Washington that the government agreed at the start of demonstrations not to use violence, a Bush administration official said. But Wan also said restoring BEIJING (AP) More than 100 Chinese military officers said Monday they would not send troops into Beijing to confront or suppress the masses of people demanding political and social change. A brief clash between soldiers order was China's first priority, and no progress can be made toward promised reforms during the upheaval, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity. See UNREST, Page A2 World backs student revolt if x-'v 1 i if 1--- tr-. i lij'- 1f 's 1 1 I'ii i -r -pi i I 1 re 1 v-je' 1 (From AP CP) Thousands of native Chinese marched together in Toronto, Hong Kong, Paris, Tokyo and scores of other cities Sunday in a worldwide show of solidarity with their besieged brethren in Beijing.

Chinese students in Toronto called on troops in their homeland Sunday to ignore any orders to suppress the mass demonstrations in the Chinese capital's Tiananmen Square, saying a bloody crackdown would plunge China into "darkness." "No violence! Stop martial law!" shouted the students in front of the Chinese Consulate in Toronto. A separate group of Chinese-Canadians from Toronto also demonstrated at the consulate. In Calgary's Chinatown, members of the Chinese Students Scholars Association and the local Chinese community raised about $2,000 for the Beijing protest Sunday. Ervhuan Vhou, an electrical engineering student at the University of Calgary who has been in Canada about a year, said the students gathered in Chinatown to raise money and to explain what is going on. A petition in support of the Beijing protests drew 438 names.

Chinese students from McMaster University in Hamilton, presented to consulate officials an open letter to China's People's Liberation Army. "You should never use violence against the students and the masses," it said. In Edmonton, Yue Qin Yang, 28, a zoology student at the University of Alberta, said a letter calling on students to speak out was sent by computer to other universities in North America. U.S. President George Bush likened the protests in China to the civil rights marches led by Martin Luther King, and the See PLENTY, Page A2 Mike Sturk, Calgary Herald NOW THAT'S DEDICATION: This was one campground where there was space over the Victoria Day long weekend outside the Stampede Grounds Sidewalk campers got the 'nosebleeds' They won't let Doug Gilmour forget, Dl Is Richer the next Canadiens' Flower? D3 power generator, hauled out a television set and watched Game 4 in Montreal.

"We couldn't have missed the game by being in line," said Richter. "That wouldn't have made sense." Despite all the comforts of home, though, life on the line wasn't easy. The wind was cold, and sleep was fleeting. "There were just too many people and too much noise," said LaTrace. And there was also the attitude of some latecomers.

"These guys were a little angry that we were at the front of the line." For the rest of the weekend, LaTrace and friends Colin Richter, Gerry White and James Mitchell took turns keeping their No. 2 spot in line. They pitched a tent just outside the Stampede grounds rules don't allow ticket lineups on the grounds until 6 a.m. the day tickets go on sale and stocked it with sleeping bags, a portable stereo and the phone numbers of fast food restaurants that deliver. "You've got to be organized," Richter said.

On Sunday, they rented a By Phillip Jang (Herald writer) They endured cold pizza, noisy cars, chilly winds and taunts from the less fortunate. But in the end, after more than 30 hours camped on a sidewalk, Mark LaTrace and his pals got what they wanted tickets to tonight's Stanley Cup hockey game in the Saddle-dome. With just 1,800 tickets for sale, all in the lofty "nosebleed" section, dedicated hockey fans were lining up near the Saddle- dome box office as early as Saturday night. By 6 a.m. Monday, more than three hours before the box office was due to open, several hundred anxious fans were in line.

Many of them later left disappointed after tickets on sale for $17.50 each sold out in under 40 minutes. LaTrace, a 24-year-old cab driver, knew it was time to swing into action when he saw a man setting up a sleeping bag near the Saddledome Saturday night. "When I saw this guy, I phoned my friend and told him to pack the tent," said LaTrace. "I've wanted all my life to see the Stanley Cup." Expulsions end 'love affair' Peace activists up in arms over show But late Saturday, the British were told the Soviets were expelling an equal number of Britons, including three journalists 4 1 J'" fr 1 I yf -vr" i -X K'- i -V- OTTAWA (CP) Waving black flags and chanting anti-war slogans, some 1,500 peace activists marched Monday to protest ARMX '89, the international arms exhibition opening here today. The demonstrators, from tots to teens to seniors, halted holiday traffic as they marched from downtown to Lansdowne Park, site of the controversial trade show first organized in 1983.

Upon reaching the park, they gathered in an area cordoned off by police and listened to speakers denounce Canada's involvement in the arms trade. Nearby, a dozen people involved in the exhibition stood quietly in the late afternoon sun and watched. "My message is for the people in there," yelled Natalie Turner of the Student Christian Movement of Canada, pointing to the stadium. "We don't want to see our planet destroyed by bombs, by garbage and by hatred." Today, members of the Alliance for Non-Violent Action say they will block the entrance to Lan sdowne Park, and spokesmen say they expect Seme will be' arrested. Richard Sanders, spokesman' for the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade, said Canada's reputation as a peacemaker is called into question by its involvement in ARMX.

The demonstration will "show the world that the statement that Canada is a peacemaker is a myth," he told protesters before the march began. "Canada is anything but a peacekeeper." The three-day trade show, sponsored by Toronto-based Baxter Publishing, is expected to draw as many as 15,000 buyers, sellers and soldiers from around the world, organizers say. Calgary's offer to host the show in 1991 has been turned down. Organizers want to keep the show in Ottawa because that is where government buyers have their offices. Some 400 companies from 16 countries are expected to set up booths to display their weapons, communications equipment, tents and computerized simulators.

(Southam News) Britain and the Soviet Union staged weekend tit-for-tat expulsions of 11 diplomats and journalists, putting a damper on a warming relationship between the two countries. "Everything has been going so well, but now it is back to the ice age," one British diplomat said Monday. They are the first expulsions since 1985 when, a few months after Mikhail Gorbachev came to power, the British ordered 35 Soviets out of Britain, and the Soviets retaliated, expelling an equal number of British. And it comes only six weeks after Gorbachev's successful visit here. But it was during that visit, British officials said, that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher warned Gorbachev against increased KGB activity in Britain.

When there was no response from the Soviets, the British quietly asked the 11 to leave last Friday, hoping by keeping it quiet the Soviets would not respond. one from BBC radio, another from independent television and the third from the Sunday Times. This follows the policy laid down by Gorbachev soon after assuming power, that all expulsions of Soviet diplomats would be met with the swift expulsion of an equal number of foreign diplomats from Moscow. Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe said the British decision was taken "with regret but without any doubt, on the basis of incontrovertible evidence." Howe described KGB espionage as "the one aspect of Soviet behavior which stands in the way of achieving real progress in improving relations." British officials believe Soviet espionage in the West has actually increased since Gorbachev came to power. They believe the KGB has See EXPULSIONS, Page A2 DEMONSTRATION: March livened up the capital.