European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday june 30,19b8 Canada extends curbs on tobacco bans ads smoking in federally regulated places Ottawa a parliament gave final approval tuesday la two Bills thai ban tobacco advertisements and smoking in work places or transportation regu lated by the Federal government. The Bills passed May 30 by the House of commons were approved by the sen ale and signed by governor general Jeanne Sauvi. Their passage is a body blow to the to Bacco Industry which fought for More than a year to have the measures shelved. One Bill sponsored by new Democrat Lynn Mcdonald guarantees smoke free work places in companies regulated bythe Federal government. Thai includes Banks telecommunications firms and Crown corporations. Bill c-204 also guarantees smoke free Raveling on planes ships trains and buses that offer passenger service and Are federally regulated. The second Bill c-5i, sponsored by health minister Jake Epp bins tobacco ads on television radio newspapers Bill boards and magazines. The tobacco Industry was particularly incensed Over the prohibition or ads. Saying it amounted loan infringement on the right of Freedom of speech. The and ban takes effect next Jan. I although some signs will be permitted until 1991.imported broadcasts and publications May still carry tobacco ads. About two thirds of the periodicals distributed in Canada come from the United states. Another Section of the Bill outlaws free samples of tobacco. All tobacco products will have to carry a health warning approved by the Federal government. Companies violating the strict provi Sions May be fined up to $300,000. Tobacco is a $6 billion $4.6 . Industry in Canada employing of the r60,000 people., one Quarter Ca Nadian population smokes. The habit i blamed for contributing to 35,000 deaths a year in Canada. Governments at every level have Light ened restrictions on smoking. The Feder Al government has already banned smok ing on commercial airline nights of two hours or less and Many cities outlaw smoking in the work place except for designated rooms. World today China s National deficit rises to $2.15 billion reusing a China had a stale budget deficit of 7.959 billion Yuan or $2.15 billion in 1987, according to a report presented Al inc National people s standing committee tuesday. That figure was up from the 19b6 deficit of 7 billion Yuan or $ 1 .r9 billion. Chi Haibin vie minister of finance said stale revenues were 236.89 billion Yuan 164.02billion and expenditures totalled 244.849 billion Yuan $66.17 billion last year the official chinese Pinhus news Agency reported. Be Lin vice chairman of the National peo ple s Congress financial and economic com Mittee told the parliamentary body thai the deficit will remain about inc same in 1988. He urged greater efforts to restructure incl conomy raise efficiency adhere to the budget avoid overspending and strengthen administration of finance and tax incomes. 2 japanese air Force pilots missing after jets collide Tokyo up two f-15 Eagle tighter Jet belonging to the japanese air Force apparently collided and crashed into the sea wednesday and the two pilots Are missing n spokesman for inc japanese defense Agency said. A part of one of the jets was found in the water by searchers said Cape. Ken Hibino. The air self defense Force lost Contact wit the two Mcdonnell Douglas jets 100 Miles off the West coast of Japan about 4 25 . I Cloudy skies with a visibility of about 4 Miles he said. There is a High possibility that the Jet crashed into each other Hibino said. One helicopter and 13 ships were searching for the two pilots who look off in the single seat jets from inc air base at Komatsu ibs mite Northwest of Tokyo for a training exercise about 4p.m., Hibino said. The Kyodo news service reported that the two jets collided and the Pilot of a third jul witnessed one of Floc jets crashing into the sea. Chinese police break up peasant demonstration Beijing up thousands of armed police used Force to suppress a demonstration by 1,000 peasants protesting a government decision to release badly polluted Waitr from a Reservoir near Beijing into their Fields a local official said wednesday. More than 2,000 armed police dragged an estimated 1,000 peasants away from the in Tangshan county about 50 Miles Southwest of the capital injuring dozens of peo ple in the june 21 clash said an official of the local water conservancy Bureau. The peasants from Guce a Lowa with a population of 4,000 thai lies near the base of the Nick Oulu dam. Staged the protest to prevent workers from releasing Walcer contaminated by waste from a nearby petrochemical plan into their Fields. Thoa ads. Companie Ignace. . Envoy denies report of folks with Iran on release of hostages Kuwait up a . Envoy denied tuesday United Stales is holding Mccrel talks with Iran to gain the release of american hostages in Lebanon outre vowed Hal Washington would respond firmly to any iranian provocation in the persian Murphy also told reporters Al the end of a two Day state visit to Kuwait thai he did not thin recent iraqi military victories against Iran would Force Tehran to the negotiating categorically deny such secret contacts have Laken place with Iran Murphy said in response to a reporter s have been no direct contacts Between the United Stales and Iran with the exception of the Lega proceedings Al the Hague said the assistant Secretary of slate for Middle East said Legal proceedings in the Hague were taking place to Settle claims resulting from the disruption of Floc .-Lranian relationship Al the Start of the islamic Arab newspapers said a . Delegation held secret talks with senior iranian officials in Algeria but both Washington and Algiers have denied the claims. Murphy accused Iran of trying to destabilize the Gulf and threaten navigation in International said the United states would continue to respond firmly in legitimate self defense when certain circumstances As we announced last april we will assist Friendly and innocent vessels under attack in the Gulf Murphy we do not seek a conflict we do not seek a confrontation with Iran we arc nol seeking to Pun ish Iran Murphy currently in Kuwait As Parl of a swing through the Middle East discussed navigation Ingulf Waters with Oil minister Sheik a Al Khalifa United slates allowed Kuwait to re Flag Elev up Menoto assistant Secretary of stale Richard Murphy in of its tankers with the stars and stripes after inc Oil Rich stale asked inc Sovil Union to help it stave off iranian attacks on its ships. Bolivian coca growers demanding . Drug agents gis leave Region Fla Paz Bolivia a Farmers who grow the raw material for cocaine tuesday called on 40 . Soldiers and drug agents to leave the Capare coca Leaf growing Region where six Farmers were killed the Day before. James Danbridge spokesman for the . Embassy in la Paz said there Are no plans to remove .personnel from the the 40 americans oper ate in the Region in conjunction with bolivian authorities. A spokesman for the Capare federation of coca growers who spoke on condition of anonymity said Farmers will respond with violence and roadblocks i the americans remain. The coca Farmers oppose . Backed legislation that would declare most coca plantations in the Capare area illegal. Several thousand Farmers and workers gathered i Cochabamba a cily 90 Miles Southwest of inc Capare Region on tuesday to protest the six deaths and the Ami narcotics Law that bolivian legislators Are consid ering. On monday Al least 5,000 coca Farmers briefly overran a bolivian police and . Drug enforcement Agency base in Villa tuna i a Capare Village said Jorge Alderrete undersecretary in the Interior ministry. Dandridge said five Dea agents on the base at the Lime were nol Hurt. Police tired shots and tear Gas at the mob to regain control of the base killing two Farmers bolivian authorities reported. A police spokesman said officers arrested several Farmers carrying dynamite and weapons. Four Farmers were reported killed and scores injure monday when bolivian anti drug police attacked a blockade erected on the main Road through the Chap Are lust tropical Region 240 Miles East of la Paz another confrontation occurred North of the Road Block at Ivor Garzam Village when officers dispersed a. Group of Farmers. Police said at least four Farmers were injured one seriously. President Victor Paz Estensoro s government said tuesday that trouble was being fomented by cocaine traffickers opposed to the anti narcotics legislation which would impose stiff penalties on them in Addi Tion to declaring plantations illegal. Military and police units were sent into inc to protect the anti narcotics police and . Military and Dea Camps. Security teams patrolled i helicopters and armoured vehicles officials said. Al least 150,000 Farmers live in the Capare area which is about the size of new Jersey. Coca growing or cocaine processing provides the livelihood of most
