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4 ELKO DAILY FREE PIIESS, Elko, Nevada Monday, June 2, 1537 Camilla picks mew goveinnmeinilt- campaign, and the final polls last week indicated they would likely lose some seats. need at least 151 to retain a majority. The Liberals' main first term accomplishment was to slash a record $31 billion deficit by more than two-thirds. But they were unable to bring down a jobless rate now standing at 9.6 percent, and they failed to prevent increasing polarization on the status of Quebec. The Bloc Quebecois, fielding candidates only in Quebec, entered the election holding 50 of the French-speaking province's 75 seats.

Reform also held 50 seats, all but one of them in the west The Progressive Conservatives, though projected to receive about a fifth of the overall vote, was expected to win only a couple of dozen seats at best because its support was spread thinly nationwide. The left-wing New Democratic Party merely hoped to win the 12 seats needed to Sualify for a role in parliamentary ebates. much energy trying to defuse separatist sentiment in Quebec. Reform's leader, Preston Manning, was denounced as an anti-Quebec bigot by several of his rivals, including Jean Charest whose Progressive Conservative Party was battling with Reform for right-ofcenter votes. "When he starts calling people bigots, this is a sign of a big old party in deep trouble," Manning said of Charest "Is he saying the millions who are going to support us this time are bigoted Canadians?" Chretien, 63, was seeking to become the first Liberal prime minis-1 ter since 1953 to win consecutive ma-' jorities.

He led the Liberals to a landslide win in 1993 as voters fed up with Brian Mulroney reduced the Progressive Conservatives from a parliamentary majority to only two seats. When Chretien called this election April 27, opinion polls indicated the Liberals would add to the 174 seats they held in the outgoing Parliament But the Liberals ran a lackluster OTTAWA (AP) An election campaign that at first seemed dully predictable ended in suspense Monday, with Canada facing the prospect of a weaker federal government and a Parliament more divided than ever by regional interests. For the first time, a party playing on anti-Quebec sentiment seemed likely to emerge as the main opposition force in the House of Commons. Prime Minister Jean Chretien's centrist Liberal Party, which five weeks ago was cocky enough to call the election 18 months earlyf was virtually certain to win the largest share of the 301 seats at stake in the five-party race. But the next biggest blocks of seats were expected to go to Quebec separatists and, to the western-based, right-wing Reform Party, which opposes any special status for Quebec.

The Liberals' claim to be the only truly national party in Canada was in jeopardy, and opinion polls indicated they could lose some of their 174 seats. They were in danger of winning only a few seats in the far Firemen and rescuers covered dead bodies after a bomb exploded in a crowded marketplace early todqy, in downtown Algiers, killing 10 people and injuring 40 others, in the latest of a pre-election terror wave. The bomb ripped through the historic Casbah's main marketplace as shoppers stocked up ahead of Thursday 's general elections. Algerian marketplace bomb of far farm lolls 10 people, injures 40 mink are turned loose west and losing ground in the Atlantic provinces, perhaps leaving populous Ontario as their only real stronghold. About 20 million Canadians were eligible to cast ballots at 53,000 polling stations spread across the world's second-largest country in terms of geography.

In all, 1,672 candidates were running. Reform, which won 52 seats during its first national campaign in 1993, tried to expand its support with sug central Algiers, killing seven people MOUNT ANGEL, Ore. (AP) Thousands of mink died in what one fur industry official called the largest act of "eco-terrorism" ever against the fur trade the release of gestions that Chretien and other 10,000 mink from their cages. ment canceled a 1992 runoff that Islamic fundamentalist parties were about to" win. The Interior Ministry warned Algerians to be on the lookout for suspicious packages or abandoned automobiles.

The bombings appeared aimed at scaring voters away from the polls and undermining government claims it had controlled the Muslim insurgency. Hospital sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said their initial casualty toll from the blast was 10 dead and 40 injured. On Sunday, two bombs exploded in ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) A bomb exploded in a crowded marketplace in the capital today, killing 10 people and injuring 40, hospital sources said. It was the latest of a preelection terror wave. The bomb, hidden in a fruit stand, ripped through the marketplace of the historic Casbah as shoppers were stocking up ahead of Thursday's legislative elections.

There was no claim of responsible ity for the 8:30 a.m. blast, but suspicion fell on Muslim militants opposed to the elections. They are Algeria's first legislative elections since the military-backed govern and injuring dozens. A day earlier, a bomb blast in a movie theater killed one person. A series of recent massacres In lages south of the capital are widely seen as an effort by some Muslim militants to sabotage the vote.

A series of bombings in Algiers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ended Feb. 9, left dozens dead. The government's cancellation of the 1992 elections, followed by a crackdown, triggered a Muslim insurgency and a spiral of violence that has left more than 60,000 people dead. mainstream leaders have spent too At least half the animals were ex- Embankment collapse lolls 6-year-old girl pected to die from exposure, from fighting with each other or from trauma. Many were baby mink that had been separated from their mothers; others had been crushed by human feet 'The animals have been so traumatized that many wont make it" said Marsha Kelly, a spokeswoman for Fur Commission U.S.A., a mink and fox farming group.

"There were thousands of dead mink in the yard." Rick Arritola said the intruders bypassed an alarm system at his farm early Friday. He was able to retrieve about 1,300 female mink, but not enough to care for cages full of dying babies that had not yet been weaned. Bags of dead animals were piled around the farm 30 miles-south of Portland. Kelly said he suspected animal rights groups were responsible for the "eco-terrorism" that caused at least several hundred thousand dollars in damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Texas-based to the Fur Trade applauded the incident today.

The head of the coalition, J.P. Goodwin, disputed the claim that thousands of mink died at Mount Angel. "Mink are wild animals and do well in natural surroundings," he said in a statement The most costly attack on the industry was a March pipe bomb attack on the Utah Fur Breeders Agricul Chirac forced to share power LAKE MOHAVE, Nev. (AP) An eroded embankment collapsed on children building sand castles on Lake Mohave, killing a 6-year-old Southern California girl and breaking the arm of her younger sister, authorities said. Rina Reyes, 6, of Rowland a southeast Los Angeles County suburb, was buried about 2 p.nt Saturday on a beach a few miles from Katherine's Landing, Ranger Ralph Patterson of the National Park Ser- PARIS (AP) With elections tilt The Socialists won 252 seats in the fied Juppe and Chirac for budget vice said Monday.

"It took four or five men to take the sand boulder off of her. She had massive head injuries. She was bleeding from the ears, nose and mouth," Patterson said. The girl's 4-year-old sister was also pulled from the debris with a broken arm and possible concussion. A 5-year-old brother wasnt hurt The Reyes family was boating on Lake Mohave, which is part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and is located five miles north of Laughlin, Nev.

"The lake is quite high right now and there are realty no beaches," Patterson said. The family spent quite a bit of time to find a beach that was satisfactory." Water and wind may have weakened the embankment investigators said. The girl was taken by boat to Katherine's Landing, where three 577-member National Assembly, the Communists 38, independent leftists parties 16 and the ecologists seven. The, former governing center-right coalition won 243 seats. Independent conservative parties won 14 seats.

"We were unable to convince the French that we were going in the right direction, Juppe conceded Sunday, National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, whose party played spoiler by drawing votes away from the center-right called for Chirac's resig cuts aimed aimed at letting France qualify for the euro. The Europe-wide currency, designed to make the continent more of an economic powerhouse, is planned for 1999. But Jospin also favors the European currency. And it's unclear how he would cut France's budget deficit as required, for integration, and still deliver on promises to create 700,000 youth jobs and cut the work week from 39 to 35 hours while maintaining the same pay. Jospin has his hands full in forming a diverse leftist coalition that can keep his promises.

Jospin and Communist leader Robert Hue, whose Sentenced MINNEAPOLIS (AP) A man believed to be a serial killer was sentenced today to two consecutive life terms for murdering of one of four suspected prostitutes whose bodies were found in a park. Mark Profit had been convicted last month of two counts of first- tural Cooperative in Sandy, Utah, nation. "He should give his office back to the people who elected him," vacationing Los1 Angeles County fire which produces feed for mink raised be ren said. degree murder and one count of fighters began CPR until Bullhead support he will likely need, have not a tJa f. ehuwvlissolwed tket NatioBakAs- second-degree murder for killing Re- Ariz, paramedics.

arrivedUsaid. a6.u ccmMir act mnnth anA sembly last month and Assistant Fire Chief Rick Southey of The French stock market opened called elections 10 months early, gambling that sharply lower today, on fears the ing France to the left, conservative President Jacques Chirac was forced today to hand the prime minister's post to the Socialist leader who vowed to ease Chirac's austerity measures. Profiting from voter anger over record 12JI percent unemployment and a colossal miscalculation by Chirac to call early elections, leftist parties scored stunning victories in parliamentary voting Sunday. Chirac appointed Socialist leader Lionel Jospin two hours after the resignation of conservative Prime Minister Alain Juppe, who had promised to fctep down after the left's surprise success in first-round voting. A jubilant Jospin, speaking to reporters after meeting with Chirac at the presidential palace, said his meeting was "excellent" and that they would form a new government "quickly, within the week." Jospin's party and its leftist allies have enough seats to form a parliamentary majority, and therefore govern in "cohabitation" with the Chirac.

"Merci Lionel!" chanted Jospin supporters who gathered at a mansion in Paris' Left Bank, where they waved their party's symbolic red roses. Outside, hundreds more tied up traffic as they danced in the rain before dawn today. "The French elected us to succeed, but they also know the road will be difficult" Daniel Vaillant the Socialist Party's No. 2 leader, said today, i Jospin, 59, led a campaign that vili nee Bell in May 1996. Her body was found in Theodore Wirth Park.

At the trial. Profit also was convicted of second-degree criminal sexual conduct for attempting to assault another woman sexually in the park on Aug. 31. the Bullhead department There was no heart activity," Southey said Monday. The girl was flown to Bullhead Community Hospital, where she was declared dead, he said.

the French would grant him a mandate io continue his reforms. Now he must govern in "cohabitation" until the next scheduled elections in 2002, unless he calls for another vote and the right has more success. But he must wait at least a year to call another election. left's slowdown of economic reform could hurt the economy. The CAC 40 index dropped 2.4 percent The franc, however, remained stable as the financial world took a wait-and-see attitude toward what Jospin would do with France's drive to qualify for the euro.

in Utah and southern Idaho. Kelly said damage was estimated at $1 million. Federal law prohibits "animal en-terprise terrorism." FBI spokesman Patrick Geonetta said Sunday there were no suspects in the latest incident Animal rights groups have battled the fur industry for years, contending it is inhumane to raise and kill animals to satisfy human vanity. Kelly said the raid was the nation's 25th such incident in the past 18 In 1991, a group calling itself the Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility for a fire that destroyed a building at a Yamhill mink ranch. The group has said liberating animals is a means of discouraging people from raising animals for the fur trade.

There are about 80 mink farms in Oregon. VOTE JUNE 3, 1997 Five die in house fire JIM CONNER Elko Board Of Supervisors Card of Thanks RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. (AP) -Neighbors heard a loud noise before a home erupted in flames, then watched helplessly as one of four children to die came running out on fire. "We came down here and Saw a little girl on the ground screaming," neighbor Jennifer White said. "You could hear people pounding on the walls." The fire had engulfed the one-story home by the time firefighters arrived shortly after 1 a.m.

Sunday. A mother, her daughter and three sons died. The oldest of the children, 9-year-old Jemnica, came running out of the house in flames, the Sacramento Bee reported today. A neighbor tried to hose the girl down, but she died at a hospital, Sacramento County Sheriffs Sgt Jim Cooper said. Her mother and three brothers were found inside the house.

Neighbors identified the victims as Sally Nunez and her sons Ryan, 7, Jeremiah, 6, and Patrick, 2. "They were just little, sweet kids," White said, "They roller-bladed. They rode bikes. And the little girl used to play house. She'd lay down a blanket and set up the chairs right out front" A cause for the fire had not been determined early today, but arson has not been ruled out, Cooper said.

"We heard (what sounded like) a water heater explode and that's when we realized the house was on fire," White said. Firefighters found the mother and the 2-year-old in one bedroom. Another child was in the bathroom and a third was in another bedroom. Cooper said. Cltv Planning CoflMnistlonwrVic Chairman Cactahi Elko Co.

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