A4-Wednesday, September 24, 1980 - North Shore News OTTAWA (UPC) - The federal government's 50,000 clerks over- whelmingly voted for strike action Tuesday, only one day before union leaders resume last-ditch negotiations with the Treasury Board to come up with a strike-free settlement. Public Service Alliance of Canada President Andy Stewart said 75 per cent of the federal clerks, in a legal strike position since Sept. 6, voted for a walkout - set for next vote to strike Monday but possible by later this week. “If negotiations fail tomorrow (Wednesday), I will call for national strike action,” Stewart told a news conference when all the strike ballots were counted. Although the union has stated that Sept. 29 will be the strike date, Stewart said he is “flexible” about calling the union members out in the event of a collapse in the talks with Treasury Board. War threatens oil shipments BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) - Iraqi ground forces invaded Iran Tuesday and Iranian and Iraqi warplanes attacked each other’s positions in escalating bombing rai on cities, airfields and major oil installations. Iran said it repelled the Iraqi ground thrust, but the Baghdad regime said its forces had driven six miles across the border to sieze “vital positions.” A radio operator aboard a British ship in the disputed Shatt Al Arab waterway told the BBC that Iraqi fighters pounded the world’s largest oil refinery at Abadan, Iran, and “two severe fires” could be seen burning in the facility. Fighting between the two Persian Gulf oil powers threatened to spill into the = strategic waterway with Iran's declaration that it controlled the Strait of Hormuz and Iraq's vow to break any blockade of the Gulf, through which ships carrying 60 per cent of the West's oil supplies travel. Action on U.S. hostages ‘frozen’ BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPD - Iran’s parliament decided Tuesday to “freeze” any action on the 52 American hostages, squelching apparent propaganda reports from Iraq that the Americans were ordered freed. The parliament had been gearing up for a debate on the fate of the captives but attenton tn Tehran has shifted to the growing war with Iraq In a_ brief dispatch monitored by the BBC in London, Tehran radio said Tuesday the “lraman Majlis (Parliament) today decided to freeze the issue of the hostages at the present time.” Earlier, Baghdad radio said Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had ordered the release of the Americans and said it was proof that lran’s leaders “remain sincere agents of U.S. impenalism and tts CIA ” Tehran Radio monitored in Bahrain demed the Iraqi report and Western diplomats had dismissed the report as war propaganda Gandhi proclaims emergency NEW DELHI. India (UPI) - Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has once again assumed emergency-type power to deal with domestic unrest, cmpowenng the government to imprison suspected subversives without trial for up to 12 months. The aational Security Ordinance, proclaimed Monday by Gandhi, is aimed at curbing the MORE WORLD NEWS BEGINS PAGE A16 religious ethnic disputes. black markectcenng. hoarding and other problems currently afflicting India. the government said Opposition leaders immediately attacked the law, which they said was “Draconian” and com parable to the cmergency regulations proclaimed in 1975 that led to Gandhi's defeat at the polls two years latcr. West fan pa ‘terrified’ neighbors FROM PAGE At are not talking about out- siders at all.” Eight people were charged with various offences — resisting arrest, assaulting police officers, mischief (damage over $50) and Brolley added that in- vestigations would continue for several weeks to ensure there are. further charges laid. Brolly said neighbours for several blocks were terrified by marauding youths from the party which caused damage estimated between $3,000 and $5,000 to the home at 2305 Marine Drive. And even after being arrested and locked in the celis the youths continued their spree of destruction. “While in custody, they demolished our cell block,” said Brolly, “tearing the fixtures off the walls along with toilets and hand basins.” In the pitched battle, one West Van officer received a knee injury which required a leg cast and another had the back of his leg gashed open. Deputy police chief Brolly commented: “I believe for a community it is an absolute disgrace. I don't believe there is any respect for the law whatsoever from people who participate in this sort of thing.” The occupant of the top half of the Marine Drive duplex had invited about 10 people to the party but by the time the police arrived at 9:15 p.m. there were about 200 youths, whom Brolly said could be described as “louts”, tearing apart the home and the unoccupied lower duplex. Road blocks were set up to prevent even more people arriving at the “We attended there as a result of complaints from an extensive group of people from around there — right from the 2200 _ block Haywood, Marine, Inglewood and Bellevue,” said Brolly. “People in the neigh- borhood were very ap- prehensive and scared. They (the youths) were trespassing on people’s property and behaving very, very badly and people just became petrified.” He said of neighbors’ fears: “People have. every right to be scared. You don't know if they are going to invade your home, or what.” When police arrived at 9:15 they spoke with people at the party and tried to get them to disperse but the uproar continued until well after midnight. Potiée eventually obtained a search warrant and entered the duplex, finding walls and ceilings had been torn apart and that fittings and lights had also been ripped out. Brolly commented of , the crowd: “They don’t respect people’s rights or property and just go about doing their own thing. It is a very frightening thing for people in the neighborhood.” He said of the situation: “It is something the whole community should be concerned about. One of these nights there is going to be someone very seriously hurt or killed at this sort of thing.” And it is clear that he hopes the courts will take a hard line when these people appear on their charges. “People can't do much but the whole community should \; BLOCK PARENT NORTH SHORE International Plaza Hotel 986-5201 . Co-Ed Fri. 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