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THE VANCOUVER SUN: MARCH 20, 1975 Ciandhi offers defence on campaign charges Now you can ship JOBLESS INCREASE LONDON (Reuter) -Unemployment in Britain has jumped to its highest level in two years with 3.5 per cent of the work force out of jobs, the government reported today. Latest statistics showed a total of 802,630 persons out of work, an increase of 10,808 from the previous month and the highest monthly total since January, 1973 Unemployment in Britain normally should drop at this time of year with more seasonal jobs opening up. The downward trend reinforced fears that Britain's economic 'troubles could dramatically 1 1 the ranks of the jobless. JiS was discounted by many observers, there was concern among the prime minister's followers "that Judge Sinha -r who has been compared by opposition politicians to Watergate Judge John Sirica might indirectly criticize her in his judgment. Such criticism would be politically damaging to Mrs.

Gandhi. The civil suit was filed by Raj Narain of the. Socialist party after Mrs. Gandhi defeated him in her parliamentary constituency His main charges were that Mrs. Gan- dhi used a senior civil servant to campaign on her behalf while he was still in the government, that she spent more than the permissible 4,500 rupees on her campaign, and that she made religious appeals to gain votes from the majority" Hindu community.

Mrs. Gandhi denies all the charges. During cross-examination, Mrs. Gandhi was repeatedly asked about the activities of her youngest son, 27-year-old Sanjay, who has received government permission to open a private-auto manufacturing firm. The prime minister said she had no hand in the decision to give her son an industrial license, although the government has previously declared it wants all.

new auto firms to be state owned. NEW DELHI (AP) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, fighting a legal battle to save her job, ended two days of court testimony Wednesday with a defence of her political morality and the business activities of her family. Mrs. Gandhi stepped down from the witness stand in her home city of Allahabad after undergoing nearly seven hours of cross-examination. It was the first court appearance by an Indian prime minister since independence in 1947.

The 57-year-old prime minister, who has run India since 1966, repeatedly proclaimed her innocence on charges that she used unfair campaign tactics to win her parliamentary seat in the 1971 elections, as charged by the man she beat. Mrs. Gandhi was 'the 37th and last defence witnesS.at the hearing. Judge Jag Wohan Pal Sinha, who earlier heard testimony from 60 prosecution witnesses; adjourned the case until next month, when he will consider whether to admit various documents as evidence. Conviction on any of three major charges would force Mrs.

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The motion called on cabinet ministers who include Industry Secretary Tony Benn, Employment Secretary Michael Foot, and Trade Secretary Peter Shore "to take the path that constitutional propriety, courage and honor require." Distribution Systems LONDON (Reuter) -Opposition members Parliament have called on seven British cabinet min-1 isters to resign following their decision to campaign against, the government's majority recommendation to stay in the Common Eighty-four Conservative MPS and two Liberals signed a motion Wednesday night which highlights the problems faced by Prime Minister Harold Wilson in his decision to. suspend col-ty over the Common Mar--lective cabinet responsibili-ket issue. George Diacic Photo FISHING FOR INFORMATION, Prof. Ted Hickin of. Simon Fraser University geography department checks velocity of water in homemade river used to demonstrate sedimentation.

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