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TEENS, BABIES, labor organizers, medical
groups, and concerned citizens — they were all
part of the estimated 115,000 people who mar-
ched through downtown Vancouver Saturday in
the third annual Walk For Peace.

Led by Vancouver
Mayor Mike Harcourt who
was pushing his child in a
stroller, the walk stretched
over the Burrard Street
Bridge, down Robson, up
Howe and down Pacific
before concluding at Sunset
Beach.

The 1984 Vancouver Walk
For Peace was the largest
ever held in Canada, eclips-
ing its own record of 60,000
participants set last year.

The sunny skies could
have been one reason for the

large turnout — high
temperatures drew partici-
pants outfitted in everything
from shorts to clown
costumes.

And the marchers

themselves were diverse: they
ranged from concerned
‘Gardeners for Péace’’ to
representatives of the Social

Credit government. Two
enterprising youths even
built themselves a_ giant

‘‘wheel of progress,’’ which
they maneuvered themselves
from inside, al! the while
denouncing the
‘‘polyester-suited men who
make the world’s decisions
for us.”’

The afternoon rally at
Sunset Beach opened with
Harcourt officiatly
designating Vancouver the
‘*Peace Capital of Canada.”’
He commended the endor
sation of the walk by
Premier Bill Bennett, a move
which drew loud boos and
heckling from the huge
crowd

Said Harcourt
to the boos ‘I’m speaking
as oa non partisan” today
Peace 1s a political tssue, but
should be non partisan ’

Organizers had hoped to
have actress Joanne
Woodward attend the rally,
but she was unable to, duc
tO personal reasons She did
send a telegram, saluting the
efforts of Vancouver

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marchers, thanking them for
attempting to ‘‘demand for
sanity in a world so seriously
out of control.”’

Woodward is the. chair-
man of the .National
Women’s Conference on
Preventing Nuclear War.

Featured speaker, the
Honorable Walter Gordon
urged the crowd to support
his four-point program
which stipulates that Canada
eschew the use of and the
manufacture of nuclear
weapons for use by other
countnes; that Canada be
declared a nuclear weapons
free country; that Canada
cancel its umbrella agree-
ment of February, 1983
regarding the-testing of nu-
clear weapons on or over
Canadian territory, par-
ticularly the Cruise missile
testing over Alberta; and
that Canada urge other
countnes to become nuclear
weapons free zones.

“Pm urging you to write
to your MP’s and tell them
you want them to get off
their butts’ and do
something,’” said the former
MP.

Fundraisers were hoping
to raise up to $50,000
through donations on
Saturday to offset costs of
the annual walk. Prior to the
march, the City of Van.
couver had donated $10,000
to cover police costs

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ONLY A SMALL portion of the crowd that plugged Vancouver City streets Saturday for the annual peace march. Estimat
of attendance range from 100,000 to 115,000. . _

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