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July 30, 1989

of the same functions forthe police, he said.

joined the force in 1958 at the age of

the force over the years.

tant for young people

enter a bar off duty, he remembers.

continued trom front page officers — who are not RCMP but who perform many act as guides and interpreters

Hall, who has been a staff sergeant since 1980,

reluctant to discuss what drew him to police work (he admits an older brother in the force was an influence), he said he has witnessed a number of positive changes in

No one under the age of 19 can join the force now and Hall said that extra year after high school is impor

He was finished training at 19 and was considered a police officer at a time when he needed to be 21 to legally

Training has changed for the better, too, Hall said When Hall joined the force, training was over in nine months. Now, recruits spend six months studying

18. Although he's

mer for the B.C

myself."*

and going through physical training and then spend an additional six months in the field with a well-chosen, ex perienced officer as a guide and trainer, he said.

That extrasix months makes all the difference, Hall said but added the quality of officer that finally hits the streets depends on the attitude of the trainer

Hall’s wife will join him in Castlegar soon — she had to finish out a contract with the N.W.T nment. His son is a member of the Ontario Provincial Police and his daughter works as a computer program Lottery Corp.’in Kamloops where the family maintains a home

Hall said he plans to sit back and observe how the Castlegar detachment runs before making any changes if they are needed. He said he doesn’t believe in changing things just to suit himself ‘

But there are two things he says he does believe in high morale and setting an example.

“1 won't ask anyone to do anything that | won't do

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Pro-lifers march

VANCOUVER (AP) — About 200 anti-abortionists marched peacefully outside Vancouver's private abortion clinic for several hours Friday with a renewed sense of what they see as two recent victories.

1 Phe numbers (of anti-abortionists) are growing every day and they are on our side," Alan Ganeau told the crowd gathered in front of the Everywoman’s Health Centre

*We want full protection for the unborn,” he said. ‘*We believe in life in life, the right to life and that right ex- tends to the moment of conception.”*

Speakers cited a Quebec court ruling denying an abortion to Chantal Daigle

confidence after

and the turnaround of Barbara Dodd, who had an abortion and now says she is against abortion.

Daigle wait, A3 | READS PASSAGES

Jim Demeres, 32, of Nelson, stood in front of the entrance to the clinic and read passages to clinic workers from the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

“International law supersedes the law o ery country,"’ he told clinic staff, who didn’t respond to his com

ments. “This place is in violation of in ternational law.” .

Demeres said he was sentenced to 30 days in jail for an incident at a Nelson hospital where he seized “a suction machine for killing babies and conver- ted it intoa book trotley."”

There was only one brief scuffle out side the clinic as a passing motorist became angry when he had trouble get ting through the crowd, which spilled on to the street during the speeches.

He threw a punch after exchanging heated words with one young anti abortionist, but a clinic worker calmed the man down and he drove away honking his horn

Tax case

continued from front page Crown, only against the government itself, and therefore the case must be heard in federal court in Vancouver Dalton told the judge that asking particularly those to take ac

ordinary people in remote parts of B.C tion in federal court, which is costly and time-consuming because of the travelling distance, means such cases may not be heard and government of ficials effectively have immunity from responsibility for their actions

On Thursday, Dalton told Fabbro

the telephone call did cause Paling distress and DeShane was particularly at fault because Paling was not the tax: payer, Dalton said in an interview Friday

Dalton’s summation relied on a number of cases with some similarities to the present case, including a recent case in the Maritimes in which a doctor was awarded $10,000 in damages in federal court for his treatment by Revenue Canada

Paling alleges DeShane treated her maliciously and told her the gover

nment would start garnisheeing 50 to 60 per cent of Hadikin's wages to recover the money he owed

DeShane testified July 13 that he was courteous and businesslike as usual with Paling and told Paling it was important for him to reach Hadikin to inform the contractor of | legal proceedings being taken against him and of the proposed garnishee of com: pany money

A telephone call from Dalton later in the day was the first DeShane knew of Paling’ s alleged distress, he said

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Tax review panel headed for Castlegar

By CasNews Staff

The travelling provincial property tax review panéh will touch down in Castlegar Aug. 29, the government has announced.

Finance Minister Mel Couvelier and Municipal Affairs Minister Rita John- ston will head the panel which will seek public input on property tax reform, a government news release says.

“Property tax increases have caused & wave of concern across theprovin- ce," Couvelier says in the release. "We want to get to the root of that concern and go ‘to people for workable solutions.””

The government will announce a time and location for the meeting later.

Joining Couvelier and Johnston on the panel are Union of B.C. Municipalities president Marilyn Baker and tax reform activist Conrad Adams, the government says.

The panel will conduct the meetings as an open forum, encouraging a free exchange of ideas and emphasizing remedies, the Residents will be invited to provide suggestions in writing or in person on how the province can assist local governments to pay for services such as school’s, police and fire protection, roads, parks and recreational

government says

MEL COUVELIER .. . heads panel

facilities, the government says.

The discussions will be recorded and a report prepared for cabinet and the public, the release says

“Property taxes are meant to give

Forest fires

By GUY BERTRAND Staff Writer

Campfire bans will remain in effect through the weekend as 47 new fires were reported in the Arrow Forest District this week

Ted Evans, the district's fire infor mation officer, said a combination of dry weather and lightning has caused the high fire hazard throughout the area

“*On Thursday we reported 36 fires in the Nakusp region and 16 of those required (air) tanker action — and that was just in ourdistrict,"’ Evans said

“All the fires have been caused by lightning. In the western third of

Alberta and B.C. there have been

Marijuana plants seized

By CasNews Staff

Nakusp RCMP, assisted by the Nelson RCMP’s Drug Section, have seized 472 marijuana plants in Edgewood with a $236,000 at maturity, an spokesman said

Five adults were arrested and will charges of marijuana cultivation in Nakusp provincial court Sept. 14, the spokesman said

The plants were seized July 21 after police, armed with search warrants, investigated two residences, an RCMP news release said

The RCMP found three hydroponic growing rooms and two fields of the plants, the release said

Crash injures man

By CasNews Staff

A 37-year-old Castlegar man was in satisfactory condition in Castlegar and District Hospital Friday after receivin- g undetermined injuries in a single- vehicle accident Thursday afternoon, a hospital spokesman said

The man, whose name was not released, was the only occupant in the vehicle, a 1977 Corvette, when he lost control and went off the road just east of the Castlegar Airport on Highway 3A around 4 p.m., a RCMP spokesman said

Damages to the car are in excess of $2,000, the spokesman said, and the police investigation is continuing

value of RCMP

street

face five

30,000 lightning strikes recorded."*

Up until Wednesday, the district had recorded 64 fires this year but now the total has reached 111, said Evans.

“In comparison, last year we had 10 fires at this time.”

Evans said not all the fires have been contained but three lielicopters have been transporting crews and equip- ment during the week. He said the fires aren’t large — one-tenth to one-third of a hectare each — but require a lot of ground work

Evans added there may be some fires that have not been reported yet “When there is a dry breeze you

locally elected governments the means to fairly distribute the costs of services they provide,”” Johnston ‘said. “We want to detemine if this objective is being achieved.""

Johnston — indicated that a background paper on the subject of property taxes is being prepared by the UBCM and will address the concerns of residential and commercial ratepayers, provide some history and set the scene for the discussion.

Copies of this document will be made available at the offices of gover- nment agents ‘shortly before the meetings, the government says. Local government agents will be ‘the key in formation contact for the event meetings and will be kept informed of all developments regarding the panel's tour of the province

Written submissions may be left with the agent for inclusion in the proceedings, the government says. Castlegar residents may leave sub- missions with the government agent in Nelson

Meetings will also be held in Cam. pbell River, Dawson Creek, Cran brook, Terrace, Prince George, Kelowna, Kamloops, Vancouver, Ab- botsford, Surrey, Squamish and Saanich

flare

can't always see the smoke,”” he noted

However, he said two daily patrols are out in both the northern and southern parts of the district

Bruce Hutchinson, provincial fire control officer, said in a news release that lightning storms are expected to continue throughout the weekend, “and we don’t see any significant rain- fall in the weather forecast."*

The release said the Nelson Forest Region has had 287 fires to date with 58 still burning. Total area burned in the district is 819 hectares.

Last year the Nelson Region had 124 fires during the same period and 208

hectares burned.

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Lottery

numbers

KAMLOOPS (CP) — Unofficial results from Friday’s Punto Parley lot- tery in British Columbia

July 25 — Winnipeg wins by 1 poin ts(a 11-14 point spread).

July 26 — Calgary wins by two poin- ts(a0-3 point spread)

July 27 — Toronto wins by four points (a 4-7 point spread)

July 28 — Hamilton wins by 17 poin ts(a 15-21 point spread).

The following winning numbers were drawn in Thursday’s lottery

B.C. KENO — 4, 13, 34, 41, 47, 51, 55

and 56

Following are the winning numbers in Wednesday’ lotteries

LOTTO 6/49 — 1, 5,6, 9, 22 and 44. The bonus number was 46.

The jackpot of $4,177,204.20 was divided into nine prizes of $464,133.80

EXTRA — 25, 44, 58and81

B.C. KENO — 3, 13, 14, 15, 29, 31,37 and 51

These numbers, provided by The Canadian Press, must be considered unofficial

In memory

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William Perehudoff

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He married Dorothy Kalesnikoff at

During his life he worked as a carpenter in the building and construc- tion trades. He was a 40-year member of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and had served as president. He was a member of the 1967 Brilliant Expo Choir, past-president of the Tarrys Improvement Society and was chairman of the 1966-1967 Tarrys Centennial Committee Mr Perehudoff enjoyed gardening and his family

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy of Thrums; four sons, Alex and William of Thrums, Frank of Castlegar, and Terry of Edmonton; daughter Nadeen Elasoff of Thrums; 11 grandchildren; three great- grandchildren; brother John of Penticton; and sister Mary Shantaruk of Burlington, Ont

Funeral services were held from the Brilliant Cultural Centre on Friday and Saturday with burial in the Brilliant Cemetery

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No commitment given natives

NEW ALYANSH, 'B.C.(CP) — Premier Bill Vander Zalm gave this remote Nisga’a Indian village a few autographs Friday, but no commit ment that his government will consider changing a century-old policy that denies Indian land right

Friday's meeting was the first in a series of crpss-province conferen ces planned by Vander Zalm’s newly formed prémier’s council on native affairs.

The Nisga’a say it might one day be si British Columbia’ s deadlock over aboriginal title

nas the turning point in

“Lam confident, and I hope | am not mistaken, but the various hints that he’s been dropping, well it seems to give me some cause for op- timism,”’ Nisga’a chief Rod Robinson, executive director of the Nisga’a Tribal Council, said. Vander Zalm confessed Friday that he did not un derstand the issue well

He said he didn’t know if the natives hoped to win land-claims set tlements and access to resources but continue to rely on government ser vices; establish new governments or accept existing structures.

“That's what I need to learn more about,"’ Vander Zalm said. “If we can clarify these basic questions, perhaps that will help us along.”

Liberals ride to save rails

OTTAWA (CP) — Liberal MPs are taking to the rails Aug. | for a series of public meetings aimed at saving Via Rail — whose services the party first cutin 1981

The Liberal\ government under former prime minister Trudeau cut 20 pet cent of Via services, leading to a public furore.

The public‘at the time said that they did not want to see Via cut said Liberal MP Herb Gray, after announcing the party's Via campaign “We're entitled to learn from what the public said in the past.”

Gray, an MP for the Ontario riding of Windsor West, said the Liberals may have reduced services but the Conservatives are planning **an absolute dismemberment and gutting of the Via Rail system.””

The Conservative government is studying a Via business plan that would drop some passenger trains and other services. Via will lose about $400 million of the corporation's annual government subsidy by 1992

Pierre

Riis to make announcement

KAMLOOPS (CP) — NDP House Leader Nelson Riis will announce on Tuesday whether he’ ll seek his party’s leadership, an aide said

Riis has said he is considering running but has yet to make anofficial decision on whether he'll try to replace Ed Broadbent

A news conference is scheduled for his Kamloops constituency office at 8:30a.m. PDT.

Five members of the federal NDP caucus have declared their can- didacy — Steven Langdon and Howard McCurdy of Windsor, Ont., lan Waddell of Vancouver, Simon de Jong of Regina and Yukon MP Audrey McLaughlin,

Riis and MPs Dave Barrett of Esquimalt, B.C., and Lorne Nystrom of Yorkton, Sask., are considered possible candidates

Travelling candidates’ forums begin Aug. 26 in Winnipeg and the leader will be chosen Dec. 3 at aconvention in Winnipeg,

Batman banned in Britian

LONDON (Reuter) — British censors have banned youngsters under 12 years old from seeing the new film Batman.

It was the first time the British Board of Film Classification has used the new 12 category saying the film was unsuitable for children

Batman, starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson, broke a Hollywood record by taking in $100 million at U.S. box offices in 10 days. The film, which was shot in Britain, opens in London on Aug. 11

Batman is rated PG by the North American film industry which ad vises against it being seen by children under 13

Broadway nude revue to close

NEW YORK (AP) — They’re baring all for the last time

Oh! Calcutta! , Broadway’s long-running nude revue, will close Aug 6 after arun of 5,959 performances, executive producer Maria Di Dia, has announced

“It’s been an exciting ride, and I’m sad to see it end,”” said Di Dia “But I’malso happy because no one ever expected this show to succeed.”

The current edition of the show opened Sept. 24, 1967, at the Edison Theatre. It was the second major incarnation for the revue, which per miered originally in 1969 at off-Broadway’s Eden Theatre, moved in 1971 to Broadway's Belasco Theatre and ran there until the following year

The show has been seen by more than 85 million people in 18 coun tries, including Canada, according to Di Dia, and has grossed more than $350 million US.

Knife nets woman probation

BURBANK, Calif. (CP) — A Canadian woman arrested while carrying a knife near the television studio where Johnny Carson tapes his talk show has been placed on probation for three years.

Krystyna Marenchin, 39, of ‘atharines, Ont., was arrested out side The Tonight Show studios lagilmeek when police found a knife with a 28-centifnetre blade in her back

Marenchin pleaded guilty"to trespassing Thursday after spending, seven days in jail awaiting trial

She was also ordered to stay at least 450 metres from the NBC studios, her lawyer, Steve Monette, said ina telephone interview

Valdez nearing safe harbor

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The ailing Exxon Valdez limped toward safe harbor Saturday after postponing massive hull repairs for weeks while waiting offshore until environmental questions could be answered.

The tanker involved in the worst oil spill in U.S. history was scheduled to enter San Diego Bay early today, under tow as it has been throughout the 4,000-kilometre journey south from Alaska

Divers were confident they had but off all the dangling steel plates torn loose during the southerly voyage and that the damaged tanker would be able to pass through the harbor’s shallows.

State environment officials said they would keep close watch on the lumbering ship when it enters the bay under escort, surrounded by a flotilla of U.S. coast guard vessels.

Local Greenpeace activists said they'd be watching too, following at a distance after staging a protest demonstration against Exxon planned for this morning.

Bike brake hazard identified

OTTAWA (CP) — Mountain bikes with cantilever brakes are a potential hazard and should be altered to prevent accidents, the Depar tment of Consumer and Corporate Affairs said

The bikes are equipped with a new system of brakes activated by cables connected toa lever on the handlebars,

The department said the danger occurs when the brake cables loosen, jamming the front wheel and throwing the rider over the handlebars

I suggest owners take their bikes to a bicycle shop where a device preventing the cables from jammingthe wheel can be installed. The device costs only a few dollars, the department added

Daigle must wait

OTTAWA (CP) Chantal Daigle must wait at least three more days to hear whether the Supreme Court of Canada will lift a Quebec court order barring her from having an abortion.

Five judges of the country’s highest court will meet Tuesday to consider her request to appeal a lower-court ruling that a fetus has aright to life

Meantime, the injunction stopping Daigle from ending her ‘21-week pregnancy remains in force,’ Anne Roland, thé Supreme Court's deputy registrar, said Friday

lt is’t known how quickly the judges will decide whether.to hear the appeal, and if they do hear it, when they would hand down a decision

Daigle’s lawyer, Daniel Bedard, has asked the court to first lift the injun ction to allow his client to end her pregnancy

Most Canadian doctors will not per form abortions after 20 weeks. In the United States abortions may be done as late as 24 weeks

Daigle, ‘somewhere in Quebec,"’ has no comment, said her sister, Mar jolaine Groulx.

A procedural meeting was held Friday between Mr. Justice Charles Gonthier and lawyers for Daigle and her ex-boyfriend, Jean-Guy Trem- blay

Tremblay was granted the injun ction by the Quebec Superior Court on July.17. It was upheld Wednesday by the Quebec Court of Appeal, which held that the fetus has a right to life un. der the Quebec Charter of Rights

One option for Daigle is to defy the court and have an abortion in the U.S. Her lawyer believes she would risk a contempt-of-court citation, punishable by up to two years im- prisonment

But Bernard Dickens, a law professor at the University of Toronto, said it’s unlikely Daigle would be found in contempt

“It’s perfectly lawful to arrange in Canada to go to the United States to have an abortion,” Dickens said in an interview, “‘in the same way it is lawful in Canada to arrange to go to Las Vegas or Atlantic City to engage in gambling that is illegal in Canada.”

Fletcher to halt island

road

VANCOUVER (CP) — A logging firm says it will stop construction of a logging road in the Sulphur Passage area of western Vancouver Island that has been under seige from environ: mentalists in the area

Protesters say the announcement by Fletcher Challenge Canada isa sign the company and the B.C. government are prepared to listen to local people who object to logging in the Tofinoarea

“We think it’s a good piece of news that the road will not continue,” Diona McCallum, spokesman for the Friends of Clayoquot Sound, said in an interview from Tofino.

A contractor for the New Zealand controlled company halted work on the road last year, after several protesters were arrested for defying a court injunction against{ interfering with the work.

Twelve people were jailed and 20 more cited for contempt

Fletcher's announcement came three days after Premier Bill Vander Zalm toured the region by helicopter and said “‘maybe some of these areas should never be logged.””

Fletcher Challenge plans to continue logging in the region, but now says it has come up with an_ alternate development plan that includes ‘‘new access options for the Sulphur Passage area.""

“*We do know we have better alter natives to that road not only from an environmental standpoint but an economic standpoint,” said Frank Lucci, Fletcher's Vancouver Island region vice-president

Lucci said the company could begin helicopter logging in some areas to avoid having to build roads.

McCallum said her-group will fly over the area soon to confirm that road construction has stopped.

But she said the concession should be just the first stage in a process to give local residents more say about logging in the area

“We would like to see that shifted back to the community,’’ she said

The environmental group will await the province's release of its sustainable development strategy before deciding its next move, said McCallum.

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Shortage cited in Soviet buying spree

LONDON (AP) — A Soviet deputy prime minister said she ordered 50 million pairs of pantyhose and 1.7 million pairs of women’s shoes on a shopping spree in Britain to replenish her country’s shelves.

Those and other items ordered by the Soviet trade group she led cost the equivalent of about $200 million Cdn.

The shopping spree came as an economic report in the Soviet Union told of shortages in a wide range of consumer goods in the country

Alexandra Biryukova, 60, the Soviet Union’s top-ranking woman politician, then topped off a week-long trip with a visit to Marks and Spencer, the department store chain favored by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and millions of budget-conscious Britons.

Biryukova, who met with Thatcher earlier in the week, is leading a delegation of five ministers to promote Soviet-British trade

She said the group had visited more than 20 firms since arriving Monday, reached agreements on joint ventures and ordered goods from coffee and toothpaste to the pantyhose and shoes

Biryukova called the trip ‘‘very useful and effective."”

She and the accompanying ministers said their purchases were influenced by shortages, and are to be delivered by the end of this year.

MILLIONS OF PANTYHOSE

Along with $133 million in pan tyhose, toothpaste, razor blades, cassette tapes, soap, women’s clothing and other goods, the Soviets said they purchased $67 million in various drugs. They did not. give specific values for other goods.

Meanwhile, a report on economic indicators released Friday said Soviet consumers suffered increasingly grim shortages of food, clothing and basic household items in the first half of the

shoes, coffee,

year

The failure to generate real im. provement in living standards and jolt moribund Soviet agriculture into greater productivity are the most serious threats to Soviet Mikhail perestroika reforms.

Demands for improved supplies of food were at the centre of a two-week strike this month involving up to half a million miners who agreed to return to work only after receiving assurances Prime Minister Nikolai

President

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from

Ryzhkov

The six-month showed growth far behind targets, wage in creases far outstripping production and increases in money supply likely to fuel inflation

INCREASED SALARIES

It said workers! average monthly salaries had increased to the equivalent of about $450 Cdn from $410 but savings also increased by $33.5 billion Cdn — an indication of empty store shelves

The report, released Friday by the official Tass news agency, said that despite a two-per-cent rise in food sup- plies, there were still serious shortages

report

with rationing imposed on many staples

*In many regions, meat is being sold through coupons or other forms of rationing,” it said

“Supplies of fish, cheese and tea are irregular, though the situation with baked goods has improved somewhat. In some areas, there are serious shor- tages of bread, Not everyone is assured of supplies of potatoes, fruit and vegetables.”

The situation was no better for gon- sumer goods, with clothes and foot- wear still far short of demand despite a five-per-cent increase in goods provided.

Polish top job battle may be on

Poland is suffering from 100 ri cent inflation, falling production and

WARSAW (Reuter) — Poland’s Communist party Central Committee began a closed-door session Saturday amid signs of a battle to succeed Gen Wojciech Jaruzelski as party chief

In the 230-member committee signs of a succession struggle have emerged between Prime Minister Mieczyslaw Rakowski and ideology chief Marian Orzechowski, tipped as front-runners for Jaruzelski's job.

Jaruzelski is believed to Rakowski, a 62-year-old ex-journalist and personal friend who says the party must be turned into a vigorous, self confident political force:

But Rakowski has come under at- tack from moderates for Poland’s dramatic economic slide became prime minister 10 months ago and hardliners were also reported to be massing against him

The economic reality is worse than our worst dreams,’’ Orzechowski said

favor

since he

massive food shortages fears of strikes and riots next week when huge food price rises proposed by the government are implemented.

There are

Rakowski also came under attack

from Politburo member Wladyslaw Baka who offered to resign as party

secretary responsible for the economy,

saying he had failed to curb the gover-

nment’s inflationary policies.

Officials declined to speculate on the

outcome of the struggle or the extent of

leadership changes. They would not

confirm stategents by Communist sources that Jaruzelski would resign all his party posts to concentrate on his new role as president of Poland

Party sources have forecast a Polit-

buro purge today to satisfy rank-and- filers angered by the Communists

defeat by the Solidarity independent trade union movement in last month’s parliamentary elections. They also say one-third of the Central Committee may be replaced to bring in new refor-

in a clear assault on Rakowski. Or zechowski is a moderate who presents himself as the man to reunite the party after recent political reverses

Developments in the past months pists

show it was a mistake to ignore opinions formulated in our ranks,’ Orzecowski told the meeting. ‘Had they been sharp deterioration in the market and sup- plies could have be

respected, the

avoided

However, officials said Friday there

was less criticism of the leadership than expected on the opening day of the two-day meeting and it was premature to say what changes would ake place.

lranian speaker wins in landslide victory

TEHRAN (AP) Speaker Hashemi Rafsanjani, whose election to the foregone conclusion, captured more than 91 per cent of the vote based on partial returns, official Iranian media said

The Islamic Republic news agency count in

Parliament

presidency was a

also said that an initial dicated that 97 per cent of the voters approved constitutional amendments that call for giving the president greater powers.

Rafsanjani, $4,received-4,175,005 of the 4,567,495 votes counted, the news agency reported. It did ‘not say

how many votes remained to be coun ted

The breakdown would give Rafsan jani about 91.4 per cent of the vote. The news agency said the partial totals did not include returns from Tehran, the largest Iranian city, with about six million people

WASINJAIL

Rafsanjani’s. only Abass parliament and minister. He was a student activist against-the-monarchy_in_the 1940s, spent 13 years in prison and was a can president in 1981

opponent was Sheibani, member of

former agriculture

didate for

Sheibani, 58, has no national political base and was generally con- sidered a token opponent

‘Iranians overwhelmingly vote for Rafsanjani,"’ read the headline of the Islamic Republic news agency's urgent dispatch on the early results

Its English-language dispatch said that although Rafsanjani had been ex- pected to win, “this massive victory will give greater confidence to his ad. ministration

Almost all voters questioned by reporters_in Tehran during Fridays balloting said they supported Rafsan. jani