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BEST CCCJ IE COLOR SECTION THE VANCOUVER SUN, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1987 9 By TERRY GLAVIN The U.S. state department is investigating the Vancouver-based Sea Shepherd Society as part of a multi-agency effort to determine how American authorities should cope with the group's plans to disrupt the deep-sea driftnet fishery in the North Pacific this summer. A state department official in Queen kin REUTER CHEERS: Ronald Reagan toasts the Queen Sunday at state dinner with Governor-General Jeanne Sauve and Brian Mulroney Washington, D.C. confirmed that several agencies are engaged in an effort to investigate the Sea Shepherd Society and its plans to interfere with the controversial fishery and, if necessary, "provoke an international incident." Japanese, Taiwanese and South Korean driftnets in the North Pacific are responsible for the deaths of an estimated 50,000 Dall's porpoises and thousands more sea-birds and other marine mammals every year, Whatever vessel the Sea Shepherd dispatches to the fishing grounds may be boarded if the group carries through with its plans to interfere with the nets, U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Verner Siems said.

But Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson says the U.S. Coast Guard has already been informed that Coast Guard boarding parties will not be resisted, no matter what the conditions. A state department cable obtained by The Vancouver Sun details a March 2 meeting to discuss Sea Shepherd's plans, attended by officials from the state department, the U.S. department of justice, the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Oceanographic and Aeronautics Administration (NOAA).

The cable was sent to participants in the meeting and to Canadian officials. The U.S. embassy in Ottawa has also been asked by the state department to contact, the department of Please see SHEPHERD, B2 reported abandoned Agence France-Presse LONDON A cousin of the Queen has been in a psychiatric hospital for nearly 50 years, although she was thought to have died in 1961, The Sun tabloid newspaper said today. The paper hinted the Royal Family is responsible for a coverupofthecase. The article said Katherine Bowes-Lyon, now 60, has been kept since 1941 in Royal Earlswood Hospital, a public psychiatric hospital in a London suburb.

A hospital spokesman confirmed the report Sunday evening, saying Bowes-Lyon is "severely mentally handicapped." The Sun said Bowes-Lyon had a sister Nerissa, who died last year at 67, after having spent the bulk of her life in the same hospital. It said her grave has been left neglected and marked with a number and family name but no first name. Burke's Peerage, the definitive book on the British aristocracy, lists Katherine Bowes-Lyon as having died in 1961 and Nerissa in 1940. The sisters are cousins of the Queen and nieces of the Queen Mother. 34: aTOsted as crowd hits military 4ie -1 if Vffli -4iMn till Couple trapped 13 days Sun Newsservices OTTAWA City police arrested 34 anti-war demonstrators during -this morning's rush hour after dragging them off the street in front of defence department headquarters.

The demonstration, which blocked traffic on a major downtown street, was intended to draw attention to the close military ties between Canada and the United States, protest organizer Peter Dundas told reporters. "We're here because (U.S. President Ronald) Reagan is in town," Dundas said, "and because the issues of militarism because Reagan is such a well-known militarist are utmost in people's minds right now." American backing of the Contra rebels in Nicaragua and NATO low-level flight training in Labrador formed a joint theme for the pro- test. "Respect our native people," said one placard, referring to the flights over reserve land in Labrador. "Canada is the sixth-largest maker of weapons on the earth," another placard read.

The demonstration began when a line of protesters stretched a banner reading "Stop the War Testing" across Laurier Avenue, blocking four lanes of traffic and two bus lanes. About a dozen officers dragged the demonstrators away, one by one, to a bus parked nearby with barred windows. A police helicopter appeared from behind the Chateau Laurier, a couple of blocks away, where most of the U.S. officials travelling with Reagan were staying. Dundas said all those arrested went to the demonstration expecting to be detained by police and expecting to be charged with mischief or causing a disturbance.

On Sunday, more than 4,000 people protested against everything from free trade to acid rain on Parliament Hill. The largely festive demonstration featured larger-than-life puppets of Mulroney and Reagan crooning Singing in the Rain. The crowd, consisting of farmers, workers, feminists, punk rockers, yuppies and baby-toting grandmothers, howled as the Reagan puppet nominated tap-dancer Gene Kelly as American acid rain ambassador. Reagan, driven directly from a military air base to Governor-General Jeanne Sauve's official residence, did not see the Parliament Hill demonstration. Reagan was labelled a "war-dog" and "moron" by groups protesting American policy In Central America and the Irangate affair.

In about a dozen speeches and on placards, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney also came In for sharp criticism for Canada's free-trade negotiations with the Americans, cruise missile testing over Canadian territory and lack of action on acid rain. band Orville, 70, of Nampa, Idaho, were in satisfactory condition Sunday in a hospital. A farmer found the couple in their car on Saturday about 10 kilometres west of Norton in western Kansas. They had blankets, but the only food in the car was two boxes of Girl Scout cookies. "We rationed 'em," she said.

"One cookie a day. We were down to the last cookie." For water, they broke the windshield and melted snow. Associated Press NORTON, Kan. A couple trapped in their car for 13 days by roof-high snowdrifts said Sunday they survived with the help of two boxes of Girl Scout cookies, blankets, arguments, a copy of Good Housekeeping and prayer. "Along near the last, it got pretty scary," said 65-year-old Nellie Obendorf.

"We thought, 'Oh, they're never Then a tractor came over the hill and I started to yell." Sirs. Obendorf, 65, and her hus NEW VICTORIA LOCATION IS NOW OPEN PROTESTER wearing Ronald Reagan mask has a quick word with puppet of Brian Mulroney during Sunday's protests in Ottawa. Reagan dodges acid rain query, rxF calling treaty a tricky business MRS. SUE WE OFFER: Exclusive new SURESTART accelerated weight loss program. Satisfying and delicious meals without calorie counting Professional individual supervision Guaranteed weight loss 'Special oiler dos nul include cosl ol eiiiiifcive Nutri Svf.li.in loud of maintenance As vttiv do theit wHighl SumsUfl will be given with the puichrthe nl A ri'ytildf pioqidm New client only biipitv April HI VMl HOLDEN AS FEATURED IN CHATELAINE JAN.

'87. "I lost 67 lbs. I would never have dreamed losing weight could be so easy." lem," said the official, who attended the meeting and later briefed reporters on the condition he not be identified. "The president acknowledged that he was aware that the remainder of the acid rain emissions were generated in the United States." Canadian officials believe Reagan's acknowledgment of the U.S. acid rain sources can be seen as a victory for Mulroney.

On the Arctic issue, Mulroney hinted Sunday on American TV that Canada is willing to bargain on the prickly question of sovereignty. While insisting that the Arctic archipelago and the Northwest Passage "Is ours lock, stock and Icebergs," he said Canada recognizes the role It has to play in NATO and the western military alliance." Canadian Press OTTAWA President Ronald Reagan Indicated today he would like to get the acid rain problem solved, but he said it's a tricky issue that won't easily be licked. Appearing in good spirits on the final day of his Canadian visit, Reagan met Liberal leader John Turner this morning for a brief discussion on acid rain and Arctic sovereignty. But he dodged a question on Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's proposal for a bilateral acid rain treaty. Asked by reporters If he was prepared to sign a bilateral treaty to reduce sulphur emissions, the main cause of acid rain, Reagan answered: "It's difficult to get a handle on this." Is he opposed to a Canadian demand to reduce acid rain by 50 per cent? "I'm not against It.

I'd like a total reduction," he said. "But it's a very technical problem, a very major problem." Reagan conceded major ground Sunday In wrangling over acid rain, admitting for the first time that American sources are behind half the acid rain killing lakes and forests in Canada. A Canadian official said Mulroney tried to push Reagan farther in their first private meeting of a presidential visit here by seeking Reagan's support for a treaty to set down clear targets for cutting industrial emissions. "The prime minister stressed that even If we were In Canada to eliminate all of the acid rain emissions that are generated In Canada, we would only be coping with 50 per cent of the prob I i i mm I jjjjB KlfMf Over 700 Centres In North America I Poll sparks U.K. vote speculation Associated Press LONDON Speculation intensified Sunday that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is about to announce a May 7 general election as a new poll gave her a 12-point lead over the Labor party.

"1 think she must be getting tempted," said Timothy Renton, minister of state in the foreign office, in a departure from the dismissive responses given recently by governing Conservative party leaders. Deputy Prime Minister Lord Whitelaw said he favors an October election, but insisted: "I don't think the prime minister herself knows (the date)." An election on May 7, the date of countrywide local councils elections, would be 13 months ahead of the June 1988 deadline. The latest poll by Market Opinion and Research International Indicated the Conservatives had support of 41 per cent of the voters. That passed the psychologically important 40-per-cent marker which Thatcher needs to have a reasonable chance of winning a majority in the 650-membcr House of Commons. The Labor party, for 60 years one of Britain's two major parties, appeared in deep trouble, tied at 29 per cent with the centrist Social Democratic-Liberal party alliance.

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