. [Friday evening. \

after, two weeks of gtueling competition. in the Pacific Northwest Music Fesilval, these nine young artists remained to compete for the three scholarships offered by the Festival. In.the back row from left to right are: John Nelson (Prince Rupert), Linda Fowle (Kitimat), Alan Brodie - (Terrace). In the center row we have, left to right: Lisa Cote (Terrace), Audrey Faber (Terrace), Rene Leydier (Terrace). In the front row are: Robert Hick (Prince Rupert), Monica Cote (Terrace). They made thelr final performances for the adjudicators. at the REM: bee Theatre on

~ Militiamen exchange

BEIRUT (AP) —: Chris and Moslem thilitilamen exchanged rocket and mortar fire in and around Beirut today as their leaders ‘struggled to break an apparent deadlock at reconcillation talks in Switzerland, ;

Beirut police said two people were killed and 13 wounded in overnight combat along the so-

calle? Green Line dividing the capital Into”

Christian and Moslem sectors. -

The Israeli military command in Tel Aviv - sald iwo Israeli army cars were targets Sunday

night of light’ arms fire ‘and two rocket: |

propelled grenades in eastern Lebanon near’

_ the Syrian line, - -

" ‘The command sald there were no injuries, but military ‘sources reported from the scene that a soldier was slightly hurt.

- ‘The bomb-hattered’ commercial district at Beirut’s closed port .was the scane of the

heaviest. fighting, police said. Combatants -

‘swapped hit-and-run grenade assaults backed up by mortar barrages, that spread to nelgh- borhoods along the Green Line, police said.

Clashes drove hundreds of families into“

; basements and bomb shelters in the Shilte .

Moslem southern suburbs. Christian-controlled radio ‘stations sald the

> Christan suburbs of Zatka and ddeideh, eastof .

EL Salvador

residenis to Btay Indoors. ‘FIGHTING WAS LIGHTER However, the fighting, on the sixth day of a ceasefire proclaimed by ‘Lebanese leaders meeting In Lausanze, Switrerland, was lighter than aver the weekend, when police safd at least 15 civilians were killed and 45 wounded. ° US. marine Maj. Robert McLean,

_ spokesman for the U.S, Embassy, said it had

been “uncharacteristically. quiet" today around the embassy compound on western Beirut’s Ein Mreisseh seafront boulevard.

' # There was no reported progress in efforts .to - find kidnapped American diplomat. Willlam - Buckley, who wag selzed by three gunmen : outside his western Beirut apartment Friday.

~ Buckley Ig first secretary of the embassy’s

~ political section, and McLean sald the U.S.

‘Embassy has no new information on his

: whereabouts,

In Lausanne, ‘a ' Lebanese - government

*” spokesman sald France has agreed in principle ~ to redeploy its 1,250-man peacekeeping force in

Beirut to “buffer zones" along the Green Line. GUARD PORT

The independent Beirut daily An ‘Nahar said the troops also would guard the Port and air-

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fire. in. Beirut.

-\Belrut, also were being shelled’ and urged

port, closed since Feb, 6, and roads reading. to them, but not without assurances from faction leaders that the truce would be observed. -

The French Defense Ministry in Paris would -

neither confirm nor deny the report.

The French are the only members of the four- an country multinational peacekeeping force’ to _— -

remain in Beirut. The Italians and British bave withdrawn and the U.S. marines bave redeployed to ships offshore.

The shooting altack on two Israeli armor” cars in Kamed el-Louz was the second in three days against Israell troops in eastern Lebanon. Last Friday, a Soviet-made Katyusha rocket was fired at an Israeli position.

The military sources said Israel regarded the. attacks in eastern Lebanon seriously because of the area’s proximity to the Syrian trogpe in Lebanon. Israel has claimed that Syria harbors guerrillas in Syrian-occupied territory.

In Lausanne, President Amin Gemayel and the eight leaders of rival Lebanese factions remained locked in disputes over power: sharing proposals,

The leaders are trying to agree on govern- ment reform which, among other things, would give Lebanon's Moslem majority a larger Tepresentation in the government.

- Politicians

€ GAGO AGP) '.Coldrada’: -Benatoy' Riehl) r Rast, former U9. Wwickpreatéent™! éndathenielt be Vrdolyak:.

". Walter Mondale and black preacher Jesse

Jackson are bidding for the black vote in |

‘Tuesday’s Dlinols primary for Democratic presidential nomination.

The importance of black support. was underlined during a televised debate Sunday when the: three contenders jockeyed for position as the best civil rights advocate and tangled over racial divisions In Chicago’s local politics.

They also made clear none of them would — cut personal income taxes’ as they com: ‘pared their campaign policies.

The live debate was held two days before | the largest state primarary vote held so far in the 1994 contest to pick a Democrat to run against President Reagan, a Republican, in. the Rov. a election. ;

7 showed the crucial nature of the Inrge

- black vote in the state, especially Chicago,

which could make or break a victory by Hart or Mondale.

Hart. predicted he will attract black ©

voters’ support which has eluded him In * ather ‘states so far by his economic

proposals which ahow “the isaue in the

1960s is not whether Rosa Parks rides in the front or the back of the bus but whether her 80h can own and operate the bus com- pany.”

DEFEAT REAGAN .

Mondale claimed he has a superior record in civil rights and other issues of social justice. He considered himself the candidate who is ‘‘able to unite white, black’

_ and Hispanic across the board in a way that gives us the strength to win against Mr. Reagan. mn

Jackson, thé first black to go the distance he has in a presidential primary, challenged his two while rivals to support . his efforts to reform the election process in , a way that will remove barriers to minority memibera to run for political office.

“T think the question that Mr. Hart and - Mr. Mondale must answer is not programa

for the blacks and the poor but the com-;

mitment to empower the blacks and the poor that they might develop programs for ° themeelves."”

Jackson was the only ane- é-of the three. contenders td accept an invitation. to ap pear at a pre-debatg rally'altended frostly hy blacks, The sri was orgapited by Chicago Mayor id Washington, ° persuade peaple to ga; to to the palld, and to promete his.dwn slate of delogaten- for the national race ab wall ds for’a atring - of important local political positions.

Chronic disputes between Washington,

elected Chicago's first black mayor last

year, and Alderman Ed Vrdolyak, chair-.

mean ‘of the influential Cook County Democratle party, have spilled over into the presidential primary eampale

WELCOMES SUPPORT | During the debate, Mondale stood by his” support, fast year of Washington's -rival

seek vote. .

County poiféiéal machinery. At the same time Mondale said ha supports Washington

_ and finds the Chicago divisions ‘very sad.”

In controverala! television ads, Hart has

tried to alienate black voters from Mondale |

by linking him with Vrdolyak. Jackson tried to stay out of the fray. He esid: “We

must rise above these divisionsand face the

greater Agenda of a unified Democratic party in 1984."

However, Jackson explained he. has -

‘made a- political arrangement with

Washington. In exchange for ‘a nod" that - ‘falls short of a full endorsement from

Washington, he said he agreed to share a

slate of delegates with the mayor on the.

_ primary ticket.

Washington hopes to lead a group of uncommiited delegates to the Democratic party's national nominating convention in San Francisco, July 16-19. Party officials do not exactly agree on his strategy at sharing the delegates with Jackson as’some of them are running against Jackson delegates,

SELECT DELEGATES Voters participating In the Illinois primary cast a popular yote and-help select

“116 of 194 state delegates to the convention

from 22 congressional districts.

They will: also ba. voting in nominations for candidates’ for a variety of state

legislature seats and county positions, |

ranging from a judgeship to members of a ‘tax appeal board. .

In state primaries and caucuses held to date, Hart has won the largest share of the’ popular vote but Mondale has collected more pledged delegates, Jackson trails

"third in both cases but haa repeatedly laid

historical claim to breakthroughs for ‘a’

black candidate and has survived: ‘in the ©

race while five others dropped out.

State primaries and caucuses are ‘methods of selecting delegates to a party's national convention where. a presidential candidate will be nominated.

A specific number of delegates is

‘allocated to each state — national total ’ $,039 in the case of the Democrats — and

the fight between candidates is to get as

many committed delegates as possible,

Rules of primaries and caucuses differ In “each state hut: the general distinctlon is

"tig: rer

In aspritnary, voters elect delegates to the datlonal: coriventlon either directly or by showing 2 a preference: ‘for a presidential ‘candidate. In pritiaries voters cast secret ballots the same as in a general election.

In caucuses, voters gather at Iccal meetings and select delegates to a con- vention at, a higher level — there are precincts, counties, districts and state

conventions, depending on the state — who

will in turn select delegates to the natlonal convention.

Results of the first caucus in a state, even at the most local level, ara generally - projected nto the state level so they can be * compared directly with the primary results,

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WASHINGTON (AP) — .lop U.S, foreign aid oficial says theft of American economic assistance to ‘El Salvador is not “rampant,”

Jay Morris, deputy ad-

Agency for International Development, conceded that Central ~ American

accounting procedures are

TORONTO (CF) — Many people in the Philippines are confused that a. freedom- loving. country “like the United States would extol

‘democracy at home while .

brutal and _dictatorahips

supporting corrupt .

.pround the world, says the.

younger,. brother —~ of.

assassinated — Philippine’ opposition leader Benigno a

Aquino,

exponent of democracy,” he 7 said. “They call America the champion of freedom - and democracy. I got to ¢ thelr country and I find it is -

working and viable.

“But it surprises me why

a country like America should support dictators all over the world, including the Philippines.”’

- Since his brother’s death Jast August at : Manila International ‘ Airport, Aquine, a Jesuit educated

philosophy major’ and an electrical engineer, has

been thrust into the centre -

of Philippine politics. TOURS CANADA

' He ison a tour of Canada and the United States to rally suppert for a non- violent topping of the

regime of Philippine President Ferdinand © Marcos. --

. Aquino, #4, said he did not

" come to Canada to “agitate

the Filipino community,"

" which’ hag a ° Canadian

population of about 130,000.

He said he came ''to meet them. and, through. them, | explain to other Canadians wiat the Filipina problem ie) (7

Aquino sald he took over his brother's mission to

democracy ‘in the Phillp- pines but the solution must be non-violent.

- “Since we're a. Catholic

; - country, the majority of our

people are Christians. We are not prepared to' use violence to change our government,” -

Aquino said a call for a boycott of national elections in the Philippines is gaining momentum. |

“It is not so much that we're questioning whether it will be honest or not. The election is going to put members in a Parliament which we call a rubber

stamp.”’. PARLIAMENT USELESS? The . -wide-ranging,

legislative powers of the. president makes the country's * parliament meanlngless and useless, he Aquino told reporters that the main pressure tactic now is te isolate Marcos ‘further and further away from the people by rallying

thé ‘people against him.

“Mr, Marcos right now is

although : Salvadoran safeguards “against corruption need . im- provement.

ministrator of the U.S..

American — policies: Agapito Aquino told a. Fr

_news. conference Sunday | the’ ‘Asked to comment on the a, dau he

and §

inadequate to ensure proper use of U.S: assistance, but

sald that problem will be

corrected by the time Congress acts on a major ald increase this year.

“4T honestly do not belleve that we have a serious corruption problem in Et Salvador —. certainly no warse than found in most of

our recipient countries,” -

Morris said in a recent interview with. The Associated Press.

because he has the military to back him up and, as

percelved -- by many Filipinos, the military is supported by the: United

Etat ‘is why the United 8 ates is being isolated little

-by litle: It’s not that we

't ike the American people. We don't like that stipport: the dictator.”

created by the No.1 suspect

“I submit that a certain amount (of corruption) is endemic in all human ‘society including our own,” he said. “It's when it goes beyond levels of tolerance that ‘you should become alarmed,”

CONCERN GROWS

Congressional concern ‘about alleged misuse of U.S. ald in El Salvador has grown since President Reagan's National

Bipartisan Commission on .

USS. causes confusion

wniy staying in office

In the murder, cannot very well come out with an im- partial investigation.”

_ Meanwhile, in oa

nationally televised speech .

from the northern Philip: Pine city. of Baguio on Sunday, Marcos ridiculed opposition leaders who go

_ “begging” in the United

States for an end to American support of his regime. .

Leaders who try to turn u S. - Public opinion agains!

in Filipino” politics, Marcos added,

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Central America recom- mended $8.4 billion in U.S. economic ald to the region during the next five years. Reagan has requested $674 million in economic aid this year and next for £1

Salvador alone.

Some members _ of Congress have questioned whether El Salvador and the other major recipient countries such as Honduras and Costa Rica can handle the stepped-up aid or whether the money will be diverted Into the personal bank accounts of govern- ment officlals.:

Morris said that while El - Salvador's safeguards against diversion of _ U.S. funds need improvement, American auditors have found no evidence of widespread theft of U.S. money,. “There isn't rampant diversion of money,” Morris sald.

He said a 10-page classified report prepared

. by Arthur Young and Co., a

private consulting firm, “does not allege wideapread corruption” in El

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corruption not ram pant .

In January, Represen- | tative Michael Barnes (D-° Md.) said the report: “demonstrates -rampant mismanagement - and corruption in the use of foreign exchange assistance “that the United States has provided to El Salvador.”

The June 1983 report, a copy of which was obtained . by The Associated Press,

found weaknesses in. the-

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Specifically, the report

criticized political influence in the allocation of the :

scarce funds and claimed: :

the bank inadequately

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Morris sald that: in:

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