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Times Colonist from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada • 7

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VICTORIA TIME'S, KiUDAY, APRIL 14, 1972 Mujib Unmoved on War Trials And the rest of the Pakistani soldiers can go home as far as we are concerned." Five lawyers have already been named as prosecutors for the war crimes tribunal. The prime minister said he intends to transform the present constituent assembly composed of members elected last year into a parliament that will run its full five-year course. "We have been elected for five years and it will take a long time to rebulid our shattered administration and economy. We need time for that." He added with a smile, "if anyone really wants elections they can have them at any time." The. MANCHESTER GUARDIAN DACCA Bangladesh will Insist on trying "several hundred" Pakistanis for alleged war crimes, Prime Minister Sheikh M-jibur Rahman said Thursday in an exclusive interview.

"And if Pakistan tries to keep back Bengalis from coming home in retaliation, that will make no difference," he added. "We will hold open tribunals anyone can come and watch them." Mujib said that he would "reject any attempt to bargain innocent people against war criminals. We shall not try innocent people. Talking over tea and swepts in the former presidential palace here, which he used as an official residence though he continues to sleep in his own house, Mujib showed few signs of strain or of the inordinately long hours he keeps. He was optimistic to the point of euphoria, belittling every problem that was raised.

Of the beleaguered 800,000 Biharis, most of whom now live in overcrowded camps in Ahich food is running out, he said: "I allow the Red Cross to visit them and look after them. My own people are complaining about it and want me to give priority to them." He said 7,000 Biharis had al- now be importing coal and other raw materials from India at a fraction of the price that Pakistan used to- pay China. "If you call that domination, then we like it," ha said. He claimed armed robberies still a daily occurence in most rural regions are "no worse than they were in the old regime," and that "anyone can now move freely and without fear anywhere in the country." explaining his recently reported statement that Naxalites (extreme Maoist communists) should be "shot on sight," he said he had not meant real Nazalitps but "robbers who pretend to be ready been given work in a Dacca factory. Of their future: "We shall accept as citizens any of them who wish remain as Bangladeshis.

All the rest will be allowed to go." But no exit permits have been issued to Biharis so far. Sheikh Mujib expressed no doubts that Bangladesh would be able to maintain its political and economic independence. "Our closest link is not with Russia or even India but with Britain. We have already started sending jute to Dundee (in Scotland) in our own ships from our own ports. "It was no accident that Britain was the first country I visited." Economic domination by India, which is feared by many Bangladeshis "can THE BETTER HALF By Barnes not happen because for one thing 8 per cent of foreign trade has now been national' rnnn i CDC Ready To Purchase Gov't Firms TORONTO (CP) The Canadian Development Corp, is essentially on a barter bs's" rurtu IrUUnitn I Ni Llttl.

Impart Triek j-te saia me country woum i .386 6131. "I fi rna Jgsjjj power packed uvns tm loutvuMrr mm 2 extra horsepower at no extra cost! Mf rry Tiller deliver! mort pow. for mulching, ruliiTau m. wwdinf, iccomplnhinf ail lirden Mki quickly and aily. 1 Viacom, nave you seen Hornet Porker? That gal who gets my breakfast every morning." Bunui hortrpowcr from Merry Tillrr i almoit IrKtion lrr trinnmiuion 11 delivered dire, dv to rh rotnrj by heavv-durv roller cnin, (pent ken nd bearing tealed in Oil ill Mcel (ham rax.

ready to negotiate acquisition of Crown-owned Polymer Corp. and the Crown's 45-percent interest in Panarctic Oils "as soon as the government is ready dto do so," CDC chairman H. Anthony Hampson said Friday. "I must emphasize that both the government and ourselves are anxious to arrive at realistic and fair prices for any Crown corporations bought," Mr. Hampson told the Personnel Association of Toronto.

"This could lie an encouraging and constructive precedent under which certain enterprises whether new or existing might move out from under government ownership in future when there i no longer any good reason for them to remain there." The CDC wa launc hed by Parliament lsct year with an initial capitalization of $100 million and options on Polymer, Eldorado Nuclear Northern Transportation and the government's holdings in Panarctic. I WA Seeks Logging Death Probe Ttie International ttVmilwork- 203" 4 Models from BIRD NAMES GET TYPO TREATMENT DOVER, il. (APj What is a typo? It when a word supikised lie spelled one way turns up in print anotyer wya. Like that! Such was the case when writer Natalie Kelly correctly spelled the names of 50 birds, but a Foster's Daily Democrat said, "this is what we did: "Turned great cormorant into a great romernut; called the horned grebe a hoone grebe; impolitely treated the common goldeneye as a common goldemaye; indiscreetly slandered the surf scoter and the common scoter, calling them the surf soater and common sector; injudiciously maligned tiie common grackle as the common crackle; and jmt plain miserably termed the house sparrow the mouse sparrow." track's driver climbed down unhurt at the construction site at Philadelphia's International Airport. TRICK POINTS SKYWARD after boom crane on back end lifted a concrete slab from truck in left background that was a bit too heavy.

The 3SS-8333 834 JOHNSON ft CARPENTERS RALLY VANCOUVER As many I 400 carpenter are expect-d to attend a rally today to protest "unrealistic" bargaining by the construction industry. A spokesman for the carpenter aid they would assemble at the courthouse and parade around the Hotel Vancouver, where the Construction Labor Relations Association is meeting. 'NIXON WOULD DISOBEY COURT' PALO ALTO. Calif. (I'PIl Governor Ronald Reaean says U.S.

President Nixon wa prepared to disobey If the U.S. Supreme Court ordered him to halt the Amchitka nuclear test in Alaska in November. The court did not order halt to the controversial un. derround test, which was held in the Aleutians, despite objections from environmentalist who feared an earthquake. None occurred.

"The president said to me, 'Even if the Supreme Court ruled that I could not do it I have determined that as commander-in-chief it is my responsibility and I am going to do it anyway'," Reagan told the California Republican Assembly Saturday night. DISPUTE CANCELS CHESS MATCH BLUE LIGHTS FOR POLICE OLYMPIA. Wash. (API The rotating red lights on tlit rooftops of Washintlon State polioe patrol cars will be changed to blue Airil 17, 5Hit and grill lights will still be red until motorists got used to the blue limits and learn to recognize them, Fur-seih said. Then they will be changed too.

Furseth said blue liehts shine farther in poor weather and do not blend with tail lights of cars ahead at an accident scene. MACDONALD'S STYLE IS A capital a. 0, mm it We've taken the work and irrr out of furnl nine jnur 'MATCHED WEDDING RINGS home. morn travelling; from store to lre and bin In pierea that Jut don't fit. yon ran ee the total picture right In our ahnHronm even before yu buy and you'll save plenty at Mm lonild'a.

4e- the lite for the firt half of the championship match from June 22 to July 8. The second half was fixed for Reykjavik, Iceland. Terms for the match were originally agreed on March 31, but Fischer was reported to have subsequently sought a larger financial share, including a share of television and film fees. AMSTERDAM The World Chess Federation cancelled Thursday the world championship match in Belgrade between Bori Spassky of the Soviet Union and the United States challenger Bobby Fischer after a long dispute with Fischer over financial terms. Belgrade wa to hove been H- BEDROOM KITCHEN LIVING ROOM Vs ers of America id tway it will ask the attorney-general for an investigation into the death of a Sooke logger March 21.

District coroner Eugene Murphy ruled Thursday night that the death of Peter Fulton Hill, 62. was accidental and attached no blame to the employer, Tripp Creek Logging Co. Hill was struck by a falling snag, part of dead tree In the area in which he and other loggers were working. Victoria IW'A president Murray Drew cited a section of the accident prevention regulations of the Workmen's Compensation Act. which reads: "When practicable, snags shall be felled before falling the live trees, and snags shall be felled Into open areas." He said Hill's death was the third similar one recently in the ares.

Return to Malta VAI.ETTA. MalU (I PI) Britain officially bejan the return of trnnm and equipment this strategic Mediterranean inland today, day after new agreement preventing the shutdown of Britain's military baaes on Malta. Death Jump PARIS (IPI) A young man Jumped to his death from the EiffH Tomer rarry-inr a note in his pocket asking for an end to the Vietnam Mar, police said today. BtST SELECTION' BKST TKKMS ritr.ri mu iF. nir.r., r.ut r.i 1 a I.O.J.B..

Bethel No. 50. Fashion Show. St. Oteorge't Church Hall.

3909 St George's Lane, Cadboro Bay, April 20, p.m. Victoria New Democratic party provincial Oak Bay Junior High School Auditorium, Tuesday, April 18, 8 p.m. Canadian Pacific pensioners nd ladies meet at the Empress Hotel at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 18. EnterUin-nicnt by.

Silver Threads choral group. Saanich International Folk Dancers start new season of classes tonight at 8. Fairburn School, Gordon Head. IODE Meet Scheduled I.O.D.E.. at the Empress Hotel, starting Monday.

The meeting will be chaired by Mrs. Nicholas Kalyk of Vancouver, provincial Special forums on education and citizenship will feature the three-day 59th annual meeting of the Provincial Chapter of British Columbia. Fou'lf Appreeitl Our Ltrgr Selection EASV TERMS the weather JEW ELERS 1317 IK)l T.LAS 8T. IHWNTOWN 43; Sun Francisco 58, 43; Los Angeles 67, 54: New Westminster 50. 41: Chicago 73, 38; New York 55, 50.

World temperature: Paris (V" 47 TnHnn 4fi SQ- IWlin I showers and fresh west winds tonight Saturday, cloudy ith sunny periods. A few showers near the mountains. High both days 45 to 50. Lows tonight mid thirties. TEMPERATURES TESTEKDAY Max.

Min. Prep. Victoria 53 3 trace Normal 56 43 ONE VEAK AfrO Victoria 61 46 ACROSS THE CONTINENT A ridge of high pressure building off the coast will ((ro-iuce some clearing over northern and central sections of the province today and over southern sections tonight Nearly all areas will have periods of sunshine Saturday. However few showers will linger over the outer coast and in the central interior. DOMINION PUBLIC HEATHER OFFICE A.M.

FORECAST VaM UitU Midnight Sat Greater Victoria: Small craft waminf continued for Juan de Fuca Strait Period of rain until evening. Winds rising to fresh westerly late his evening. Saturday, sunny with cloudy intervals. Fresh westerly winds. Highs both days near 50.

Lows tonight in YOU ALWAYS LJ get more lSr- srt 7 FOR LESS T-pT fj AT MACDONALD'S tffi ll'Sffl I I Boujht Today, I I Deli wed Today 1 1 THE TVKSTTVKE WORLD --C FURNITURE MART FURNITURE MART 35, 62; Amsterdam 36, 54; Brussels 46, 57; Madrid 41, 70; Moscow 38, 58; Stockholm 39. 50; Tokyo 44, 65. CITY'S WEATHER RECORD Sunshine. April 71.4 hrs. Last April 66.1 hrs.

Normal30 years 84.5 hrs. Sunshine. 1972 347.3 hrs. Last Year 343-8 hrs. Normal 30 years 84.5 hrs.

Precipitation, April .49 ins. Last April .48 ins. Normal (30 years) jg ins. Precipitation, 1972 14.91 ins. Last Year 10.67 ins.

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