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The third victim, Steven Kinch of North Vancouver, bounced off the ing on the back of the car, was treated for minor cuts and bruises at St. Paul's Hospital and released. His brother Greg Kinch, a press photographer who was covering the race, said Monday that Steven remembers getting the okay from race marshals to run out on the track and push the stalled car driven by Surrey's Ross Bentley, but has no memory of being hit. "The next thing he knew he was lying there on the track and couldn't move his legs," Kinch said. "For a couple of moments he thought he was paralysed." Then he looked down and discovered his torn overalls had wrapped Please see INDY, A2 Full race report, pictures in Sports section, D1 inquest will not be made until the results of an autopsy are available and information surrounding the circumstances of the accident collected.

Three of four volunteer workers on the track trying to push a stalled car were struck by an Indy car driven by Willy T. Ribbs as he rounded a tight, blind corner known as a chicane turn. Jean Patrick Hein, 20, of Sunday night in Vancouver General Hospital from head injuries suffered when he was run over by a rear wheel of the car. Bradley Weeks of Walnut Creek, received a severely broken ankle and hand injuries. CANAOIAN PRESS JEAN PATRICK HEIN receives aid shortly after accident By HAROLD MUNKO The death of a track worker in the final hours of Vancouver's three-day Molson Indy event east a pall over the success of the racing, which drew the highest attendance of any car race in Canadian history.

Vancouver Mayor Gordon Campbell said Monday he could not find words to express the sorrow he felt in the wake of the death Sunday. The mayor said he hoped the death would not stand in the way of another Indy race here next year. "It's as festive as we have seen the Pacific Place area since 1986 and Expo," said Campbell, who was at the race Sunday. "I think it was a great event for Vancouver and I look forward to next year." Vancouver coroner Ken Pitt said a decision on whether to hold an Ainnniy lets go to moin Women, children cited as reason for new order Canadian Press OKA, Que. The army reversed its decision today to stop food and supplies from reaching the Mohawks cornered by the army in a drug rehabilitation centre.

"Orders were reversed due to the fact there are women and children; food and medical care will be allowed," said Maj. Alain Tremb-lay. He told reporters of the about-face just hours after another military spokesman said the only way the Mohawks would be able to get food was to throw down their arms and come out of the encampment. With supplies running low, the Mohawks had asked reporters coming into the area to bring milk and baby food for the children. "If they want more food or whatever, they can come out and get it," Capt.

Yvon Desjardins had said in a reserve's Refugees dying, A2 B.C. residents safe; Bush summons cabinet, A4 Local firm loses deal, B5 grant exit visas to remaining women and children as promised. The U.S. boarding of the freighter was the first reported case of involving an Iraqi-flagged vessel since the UN sanctions were imposed on Iraq last month to punish Baghdad for invading Kuwait. fortified detox moves in on A3 THE SHARED sense of triumph over the once-untouchable cocaine mafia in Colombia is laced with uncertainties: How will the country's struggle to the death against the drug dealers evolve, and how much will the international cocaine trade ultimately be affected? OPED A7 FWDI IITinW mav nnt annwpr every question, but it inspires a great debate in readers' letters.

CANADA A8 UNIVERSITY OF B.C. law student Jennie Jack, who emerged as a heroic peacekeeper during one tense Warrior-military weekend showdown, said she travelled across Canada to show solidarity for the land claims of the cornered Mohawks. THE REGION Bl UNION OF B.C. Indian Chiefs president Saul Terry is calling on native people "to make themselves visible at roadsides and bridges in their territories as well as in the streets of cities, towns and villages of B.C." in reaction to the situation at Oka in Quebec. BUSINESS B4 THE PORT of Vancouver is heading for one of its best-ever years, recording first-half increases in gram, lumber, plywood, potash, sulphur and containers.

Tonnage to the end of June totalled 34.2 million tonnes, up seven per cent over the same period a year ago, according to statistics released today. FAMILY CI SOME CALL it the 25-hour day and it's becoming a fact of lite for more and more Canadians who are caring for ailing parents. ENTERTAINMENT C4 RY COODERput his timeless American roots music on display Saturday night at the Orpheum, in his first Vancouver appearance in many a moon. SPORTS Dl AL UNSER JR. won a game of tag with Danny Sullivan to win the Molson Indy race through the streets of downtown Vancouver on Sunday.

But tragedy marred the inaugural Indy race here: A car driven by Willy T. Ribbs plowed into three course workers, killing Jean Patrick Hem of Montreal. WEATHER El SUNNY CONDITIONS will prevail in the south for the next few days HERMAN "I want to make sure nobody steps on him." LOTTERIES A2 INDEX Bridge Business Canada Classifieds Comics Crossword Editorials Entertainment C4 Family Ferry Sailing El Gardens E6 Names Palmer Rutter Sports Stevens Theatres TV Weather A2 A6 A3 01 A7 C5 CS E1 Horoscope Lamb Landers Letters Lindsay McDonald Movies Classitied 736-221 1 Circulation 736-2281 1... 46 PAGES FOUNDED 1686 VOL.10S No. 100 WORLD 1 rf of 'Ivy E6 C1 r- Woman kept the peace; MacGregor column; Peigan fight dam, A8 TV interview.

Mohawk spokesman Bob Antone had said that with a blockade of food and medicine "the process of negotiation won't get very far." Federal Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon said today that the army will present a new proposal today to the Mohawks on the question of policing if they lay down their arms. The Mohawks say they fear the Quebec provincial police are out Please see MOHAWKS, A2 will likely apply for an injunction to prevent picketing at Point Roberts, where other rail companies pay for access to the BC Rail lines, Foley said. "We only have about two people working out there and CP, CN and Burlington would be captive to that," he said. Last-minute talks with deputy labor minister Claude Heywood through the weekend, aimed at averting a strike, broke down Sunday. No new meetings are scheduled.

Foley said today the company expects to be down "for some period of time at least a matter of weeks in view of the fact that they've (union officials) rejected third-party intervention. "It would take a superman to bring the parties together to deal with the 150 outstanding issues," he said. Foley also said that, at the request of Finance Minister Mel Couvelier, Please see RAIL, A2 Barbs fly over PNE attendance drop As this year's Pacific National Exhibition closed Monday with total attendance down about 131,000 from 1 389, the barbs flew. Mayor Gordon Campbell blamed mismanagement and inexperience on the part of PNE president Morgan Thomas in running a fair for the decline. However, Aid.

Jonathon Baker, a PNE director, gave the 1090 fair high marks, attributing the decrease on reduced parking in the area and competition front the weekend Indy cur race. Details, Bl if I i 4 BC Rail unions put up picket lines CANADIAN PRESS centre in Quebec as army armed Warriors. TWO MOHAWK children comfort each other outside Kahnesatake Iraqi ship boarded; Baghdad By VALERIE CASSELTON and TOM ARNOLD Picket lines at 30 BC Rail locations throughout the province went up early today, signalling the beginning of what both the Crown corporation and the joint council of unions predict will be a long strike. "The picketing is very peaceful and orderly, both the numbers and the activity (are) orderly," Brian Foley, BC Rail's chief negotiator, said today. "We're very pleased it's been quiet activity." Pulp and sawmills abutting BC Rail property have not been affected by the picketing but the company i Associated Press, Canadian Press, Reuter, Agence Francc-Presse MANAMA, Bahrain U.S.

Coast Guard members boarded an Iraqi- flagged freighter in the Gulf of Oman today in an effort to enforce the international embargo on Iraqi trade, naval and shipping sources reported. And Baghdad today asked west ern countries to urgently send food for their nationals stuck in Iraq, increasing concern that President Saddam Hussein may not intend to demands food Last week, the UN Security Council authorized dozens of warships in the region to use military force to uphold the sanctions. The shipping sources said the Zanoobia was laden with tea picked up in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and apparently bound for Iraq. The U.S. warships intercepted the vessel in the Gulf of Oman before it could reach the Strait of Hormuz, Please see GULF, A10 SUM.

UtP' r- in 3 UJ Baby boom puts nation tut! "'V, in peril, doctor warns 7. By FRANK VIV1ANO San Francisco Chronicle BAI COUNTY, China-As far as Dr. Wei is concerned, the real battle for China's future has nothing to do with what happened last year in Tiananmen Square. She says it is raging here in Bai County rural districts all over the country. The can be explained in a single, sobering "From the perspective of someone who has studied this situation all of my professional life, I can tell you there is no way we can sustain 100 million more people every six years," said Li, who heads the Golden Phoenix Clinic, a family planning centre.

"We are heading for a catastrophe." That conclusion is shared by other health professionals in China, who say their nation is about to pay the price for a disastrous policy Undertaken by Mao at the start of the Cultural Revolution. Convinced that China could meet the double threat of potential war with the Soviet Union and the United States only with a vast army and a vast population to support it Mao decreed in the early 19IJ0s that women should Please see CHINA, A10 At the current rate of growth, China's population will increase by 100 million in just six Li Ying and in stakes number: trau then economy riveting boom of almost years. The population bomb an issue that matized Chinese in the early 1980s, slipped from public attention as the boomed has once again become a concern. Looming is an imminent baby staggering proportions set in motion three decades ago by Mao Zedong. FILES ASSOCIATED PRtSS BUMPER CROP: ward shows defused population bomb ticking again.

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