European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a the stars and stripes monday june 11,1990 Accord tentatively gives special status to Quebec Toronto apr Canadas leaders signed a tentative Deal saturday night to Rescue a flagging constitutional Accord that would Grant special status to French speaking Quebec. Newfoundland a Premier Clyde Wells said he remained dissatisfied with the Compromise but May submit it for a popular referendum in his province. However Wells signed the agreement with the nine other provincial premiers in a nationally televised Public session saturday night. A this is a Happy Day for Canada a a declared prime minister Brian Mulroney before signing the document. The agreement was worked out in Ottawa at the end of the seventh Day of private talks aimed at persuading holdout provinces to approve the package. Even if ratified the constitutional amendment recognizing Quebec As a a distinct society would have no immediate practical effect. However it would oblige the supreme court to consider the provinces distinctiveness when considering specific Laws challenged under the Constitution. It is also a Symbol of enormous significance to French speaking quebecois. A English Canada has recognized and accepted us for what we Are a said Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa who was praised by the other premiers for the manner m which he conducted himself throughout the difficult negotiations. A Quebec wants to remain faithful to its heritage and to its distinct identity a he said. A it represents a new beginning Between Quebec and the rest of our Canadian partners. A it was a great Battle but the stakes were Worth  after the Accord was achieved Ontario Premier David Patterson said a it was a great exercise in nation building. There was blood on the floor but it was news Brief reputed oldest Man Dies at 112 in Wales London apr former Coal Miner John Evans regarded by the guinness Book of world records As the worlds oldest Man died in his sleep Early sunday his daughter in Law said. He was 112. Betty Evans said he died in a chair beside his bed at is cottage in Forest Fach near Swansea Wales after feeling a a Little unwell fora few Days. The genial welshman firmly believed his longevity was due to not drinking smoking swearing or gambling. But some part of it is taking hot water in the morning. With a Small bit of Honey. In be been doing that since i retired a he told the British broadcasting corp. On his 111 the birthday in 1988. The 1990 guinness Book of world records said Evans was considered the worlds oldest living Man because he had a birth certificate proving his age. It says the oldest living person whose birth Date can be authenticated is a 115-year-old woman of re 2yhl?�?T bom in Gadsden Fla., on nov. Is 1874. Bhe lives m a nursing Home in Palatka Fla. Evans was bom on aug. 19, 1877, when Queen Virtona was on the British throne. Common  but Wells declared a i am not approving of this particular  he said he May submit it to a popular or legislative referendum in his province before the june 23 ratification deadline. New Brunswick Premier Frank Mckenna who had been another holdout until the latest talks called the Compromise a the Best Deal  the tentative agreement would leave the distinct society clause unaltered but ask constitutional experts to prepare a Legal opinion on How it would affect the country a rights charter. Mulroney convened the 10 provincial leaders for the private talks because they face a june 23 deadline for ratification of the amendment to the 1982 Canadian Constitution. Quebec refused to sign the Constitution saying it did not take the provinces distinct French character into consideration. In an Effort to win Quebec a support the amendment known As the Meech Lake Accord contains the clause that designates Quebec a a distinct  the Accord includes expanding the provinces Powers to opt out of some Federal provincial spending programs. It also includes a new constitutional amending formula. Bourassa of Quebec has made no direct threats regarding separatism if the Accord is not approved but nationalism is on the Rise in the province and there is a growing sentiment for either separation or some sort of Independence association arrangement with the rest of Canada. Canada has 25 million residents but one fourth of them live in Quebec. Leaving Liberia a Janice Connelly of Atlanta ga., holds her son. Josiah sunday As they wait to Board a plane in Monrovia. The two were among the first 120 to be flown out of Liberia. The Jet was chartered by the United states to evacuate americans. Government and rebel forces Are to begin peace talks without an official cease fire. Two other evacuation flights took place  from Page 1 Tain ment booms were being brought to the site As a precaution in Case a larger Oil spill developed. The Tanker 57 Miles Southeast of Galveston held 38 million Gallons of Light crude Oil. Seventeen of the 41 Crew members were injured none seriously in the explosion. Two remained hospitalized sunday in Good condition. The coast guards Atlantic strike team from Mobile ala., and other spill response groups brought a High seas Barrier Boom and other supplies including foam to the ship. 6 four coast guard cutters were in place around the Tanker sunday Whipple said. Two Smit America ships were spraying water on the Mega Borges deck to try to Cool the ship and two other Salvage team ships were in Posi Tion. Whipple said another major assault on the fire was scheduled monday when two other Smit America ships were expected to arrive at the scene. An Oil Sheen spread out about 11 Miles from the Tanker the coast guard said. Flames shot hundreds of feet High from the ships ail vents and thick Black smoke could be seen from 4 Miles away after the engine room explosion at 1  saturday. By sunday the air vents and other structures at the aft of the ship had collapsed. In addition to the two confirmed dead to o other Crew men remained missing sunday and were presumed Deai after a search for them was called off. The blast occurred As part of the tankers cargo was being transferred to a smaller Tanker. The Tanker operated by Mosvold shipping of far Sund Norway was bound from palanca  from Page 1 killed six people including two australian lawyers who were shot to death in the Netherlands. The Ira later said it mistook them for British soldiers. It also killed a British army recruit who was standing on a Tram platform a British army major in West Germany and a retired Reserve policeman and his wife in Belfast Ireland. The Ira wants to end British Rule Over Northern ire land and unite the predominantly protestant province with the mainly roman Catholic Republic of Reland. Police said the Only connection Between saturdays party and the military was that the hosts father was a member of the army reserves. It was a 21st Birida Quot party for a Cambridge University Law student Marl Venn. Civic forum sister party win in czechoslovak Prague Czechoslovakia up _ the pro democracy civic forum and its slovak sister movement Public against violence won a commanding majority in the Federal parliament in Czechoslovakia a first free elections in 44 years. The voting with a 96 percent turnout was Europe a largest Ever final results showed sunday. The communist party which ruled alone for 42 years until it was toppled by november a so called velvet revolution came in second place in the czech Republic and the Christian democratic movement of Slovakia took second in the slovak Republic. In the czech Republic civic forum won 53 percent of the seats in the lower House and 50 percent in the upper House. The communists won 13.5 percent and 13.8 percent. In Slovakia Public against violence captured 32.5 percent and 30.3, while the Christian democrats won 19 percent and 16.7 percent respectively for the lower and upper houses. The two republics make up Czechoslovakia each with its own legislative body and Send representatives to the National parliament called the Federal Assembly. The final results from saturdays elections were a blow to the Christian democrats who had expected a much stronger showing in both republics. Deputy prime minister Jan Camo Gursky a Christian Democrat and contender for prime minister in the new government said that As it stands his party will not participate in the new Federal government and he will not be a candidate for Premier pending a final decision by the party leadership. A up to now based on what we discussed we  join the Federal government a he said. Carnogursky said he will meet tuesday with president Vaclav Havel who will choose the next prime minister who in turn will form the new government. The civic forum said it wants All three Christian democratic parties in its government and Havel is expected to ask Carnogursky a party to come on Board. The surprising results for the communists who did better than the in percent predicted for them strengthen the position of current prime minister Marian Calfa