European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 02, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A the stars and stripes wednesday october 2, 1985 a exec s ruling party rejects separatism chooses new Mont realm the parti quebecois on sunday conc cd its rejection of a separatist strategy a hosing Pierre Marc Johnson As its new Lea Dentt replace Rene Levesque the Man who Rob he Quebec to the Brink of Independence. Johnson the party s leading to berate engineered the decision earlier this Yik a to drop sovereignty As an immediate goal i the parti quebecois platform. He has acc Levesque s heir apparent for years. All 160,000 registered members of the party were eligible to vote. With 99 percent of the votes counted John son the provincial Justice minister led with 58 percent. He was followed by labor minister Pauline Maurois with 20 percent and agriculture minister Jean Garon with 16 percent. The other candidates Francine la lond a former Union official Luc Gagnon an ecologist and Quebec City lawyer Guy Bertrand the Only candidate who openly favored Independence trailed far behind. T Bertrand and his followers walked out of i rally where the candidates and their us awaited results and issued a state damning Johnson As a  the rest of the contenders jointi3ohnson on stage where he  help the province establish Mas cry per its territory its  Levesque is expect feb step Down As Quebec s Premier Law this week allowing his successor to Talu wer the government of this province of million people about to percent . The Newman Nice will have Little time to implement policy. He must Call new elections by it Spring and the parti Quebe Cois hero eco trailing far behind the oppose a photo new Leader Pierre Marc Johnson with Pauline Maurois who placed second in the Quebec party election. Tion liberals in Public opinion polls. Johnson 39, is a lawyer and a physician a background that served him Well in stints As Quebec s health minister and Justice minister. His father Daniel Johnson was Premier of Quebec from 1966 to 1968 As Leader of the right Wing Union National and was know for his slogan Equality or Independence which  whether or not he favored an inc dment Quebec. J Marc Johnson has nurtured much june ambiguity. In i final Campaign cd he said he wanted to Lead a party Bat sees Quebec in its eyes not As a prov Ince but As a  but in the internal party Battles of the past 18 months Johnson emerged As the chief opponent of the faction that wanted to keep sovereignty As the prime Plank in the election platform. Levesque who led his party to an upset Victory in 1976, suffered his worst defeat four years later when Quebec voters refused in a referendum to give him authority to negotiate with the rest of Canada for a new arrangement he called sovereignty Asso  but Levesque managed to defeat the opposition liberals again in 1981, winning another term in office. During Levesque s nine cars in Power interest in Quebec s Independence has waned especially in the new generation in part because the parti quebecois showed it Jud improve life for French speaking Era. Nost controversial Reform was the language to a Banning English from most signs and Cebu bring most businesses to con duct their Affa Nhun French. That Law and Al Jet parti quebecois initiatives were Blamco by driving Many corporate Headquarters  to to Ronto. Most English speaking Yjih Beers who chose to stay Are now bilingual bind Many say the atmosphere of  French and English speakers that clock cd inthe 1960s has virtually disappeared. 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Christmas mailings May stretch that time somewhat drug probe nabs 15 at Walter Reed Washington a a three month investigation of drug dealing and stolen property trafficking at Walter Reed army medical Center has led to the arrest of 15 people including five from the military. District of co Lumbia police said monday. Police said undercover investigators bought More than$150,000 Worth of Buegal drugs and 17,500 Worth of stolen property at and around the Hospital. An additional $4,500worth of drugs and property was seized. Hospital spokesman Peter Esker said the employees were relatively Low level and the highest ranking military employee was e-7. All the narcotics sold illegally were brought in from the outside said Esker. He said most of the stolen property was office equipment. No narcotics were stolen or taken from the  Only drug we feel came from the Hospital was Lasu diuretic that we believe some people erroneously think wid help you cheat on urinalysis he said. All military personnel Are required to undergo regular urinalysis testing for drug use Esker said. The drugs and stolen property were sold through six separate operations police said. Police said they did not know How Long the Buegal to Civ Hies have been going on or their full magnitude. We think this makes a severe Dent in any illegal operations and sends a message to anyone else who would Hinkof doing such things said Esker. Police said 21 people have been implicated in the Ca which will now go to a grand jury