: from Vietnam. :

; -. British Columbia has ‘no

money available -to help
relieve the plight of: refugees

That was. 7 ‘the: word,.
Wednesday, from Premier
Bill Bennett, who said there

was. no. budget to spend on - .

"the refugees.

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The provincial govern-

help them ‘despite the fact

that in 1973 a committee was

set up to aid refugees in -
South-East Asia, and three
and a half million dollars was
supposed to be set aside for

that purpose. .

Bennett said the. ‘money.
was never allocated and is
not budgeted for this year.

‘The legislation to set up:
the committee was in-
troduced by the NDP who

. was. the opposition party at

the time, and was one of the
few bills passed unanimously

_ by the Jegislature.

. Thursday, -..Flora ..Mac- -
Donald, the federal minister
of external affairs said
Canada would not be letting

country. in’ light of the
decision by the seven nations
at the Tokyo summit to
allow more refugees in,

6

She
nounced. last week ‘it was

‘accepting 8,000 more Indo-

Chinese refugees, and that
no further. action from

.

“BISHOP ABEL MUZOREWA expected | to be in U. S.,

. July6

AGAINST PROPOSED EMBASSY MOVE

The Arab League is said to
have reached a decision on
possible retaliatory
measures against the
Canadian government for
Canada’s proposal to move
its embassy in Israel from
Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The 21 Arab nations met
in Tanis, Thursday, and it is
not yet known what
erect. actions ‘they have

Pop go the

The federal government i&
moving towards a ban on
exploding soft drink bottles, -
which have been bursting

recently with alarming
frequency.
The federal regulation

limiting such bottles should
be in effect by the end of the
summer, but the Opposition
says it thinks the ban should
come into effect im-
mediately.

Recently the government
has received 50 complaints
of exploding one and a half
litre pop bottles.

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Arabs to retaliate

Ever since Prime Minister
Joe Clark announced the
proposed embassy move,
during the federal election
campaign, Arab _ nations
have voiced their strong
criticism of the idea.

They feel thar by moving
the embassy to Jerusalem,

Canada will be legitimizing;
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Recent studies
shown that the torpedo
shaped narrow necked
bottles can cxplode when

tilted or rolled onto the
floor.

have

The federal minister
responsible says he doesn’t
have the power to impose an
immediate ban.

But the opposition says the

government should act fast

on the matter,
the government does have
the power to
immediate ban.

impose an

‘previous U.S. allocation. -

; -
said Canada an-

‘Are

and claims

| Vietnam accused —

, is required right
now.

U.S.- Président. Jimmy
Carter announced that

‘country would be allowing

14,000 refugees a month to .

move to the U. s.

- This. is a doubiing of the

most
discussed for the conference
is Geneva, ard the most
likely time is the end of July.

Official . sources say
Bishop Abel Muzorewa, the
prime minister of Zim-
babwe-Rhodesia will be
visiting the U.S. in the near

.future -to discuss the
‘possibility of raising the
_ Sanctions against his
' country. —

Sources say Muzorewa
will be sending three senior
white aides to Washington
on Tuésday, to prepare for
his visit.

- So far, President Jimmy
Carter has refused to lift
economic sanctions against
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia,  clai-
ming that the elections held
earlier this year which
elected a black majority
government, was held under
a constitution approved by a
white only government.

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Two weeks ago the Arab
Monetary Fund announced
it had recommended its
members boycott Canadian
banks and institutions.

There have ,also been
reports of the threatened
withdrawal of the Arab
embassies ftom Canada, if
the embassy move goes
ahead, and even reports of
_terrortst

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summit also announced their: ©
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international conference on -
the problem of Vietnamese —
refugees.

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By Singapore
Vietnam has been accused .

‘of genocide by the Singapore
foreign minister, -

The minister was speaking
“meeting of” the
Association. of South East
Asian Nations, a group

- which includes, Indonesia,

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He said Vietnam is using
the refugees to upset. the -
stability of neighbouring |
countries, which it will then”

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East Asia are to’ survike as
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BENNETT - Money. for.
refugees not budgeted

Singapore, Malaysia,

Thailand and the Phillipines.

The group was meeting to
express its concern over the
growing problem of
refugees, and the~ minister

must be inhuman and ‘turn:
away refugees, whether they
want toor not.

_ The five countries at the
meeting are accommodating

| for Singapore was the most —most of the 300,000 Viet-
'_ outspoken of the group.

_namese refugees | in the area.

U.S. politician goes
to Moscow to discuss SALT

The majority leader in the

fluzorewa to visit U.S.

“Muzorewa will: be visiting

the U.S. at the invitation of:

Senator Jesse Helms.
On Thursday, the
Zambian government an-

nounced it has a plan for
ending the guerilla war
which has involved its
country and Zimbabwe-
Rhodesia.

The Zambian government
says it wants to meet with
Muzorewa to discuss the
possibility of his resigning,
and new elections being
held.

U.S. Senate is on his way to
Moscow to discuss the new.
Strategic arms limitation
treaty with Soviet leaders.

Senator Robert ‘Bird says
he will tell the Soviet leaders
that he expects the Senate to
ratify SALT II, even though

his Republican counterpart.

Howard Baker, has said he’

will oppose it.

Wednesday, _ Baker said
he'll fight the treaty unless
the White House and.
Moscow accept. reasonable
ammendments.

‘The Soviet Union has
already: said SALT II must
be passed without. being
amended. - — :

P. Cousteau dies _

Phillipe Cousteau, the son

of the famous
oceanographer,
Fhursday, in a sea-plane
crash i in Portugal.

Cousteau, aged 37, was.

French landing his father’s flying
died- boat, the ‘Calypso’, when it

overturned and sank in the

' Tegis river.

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