European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday november 24, 1973 2 . Companies sign pact to build $45-million Plant making chemicals in Russia Moscow a two american firm Friday signed a $45 million agreement with the soviet Union to deliver an entire chemical factory Here officials said. The agreement was concluded betwee the Lummus co. Of new Jersey and Mon Santo of Missouri on the one hand  the soviet Agency responsible for importing process tech  pact Calls for the design and delivery of an acetic acid Plant to be constructed in the ukrainian town of Sver Donetsk. Paper links chemist to extortion bid Hamburg a a missing Chemis try professor is under increasing suspicion of being the Man behind a scheme to extort$8.2 million from the West German govern ment by threatening to Send bacteria Laden letters to leading Bonn officials the mass circulation tabloid Bild Zeitung re ported  3.5-million-circulatk�n daily news paper said government and state authorities tried to take the suspect into custody wednesday Only to find that he had left Ina fast Green Alfa Romeo sport scar owned by a Laboratory assistant. I the assistant told them that the professor May have driven North to Denmark. The paper said the unidentified scientist threatened in july 1972 to Poison the drink ing water Supply in this North Germa City. Atonement Money earlier reports said that a pro palestinian Arab group tried to extort atonement Money from the government for the shooting of five palestinian guerrillas who kidnapped 11 israeli sportsmen at the 1972 olympic games in  spokesman Ruediger Vonwechmar when asked wednesday whether the Bonn government was investigating the bacteria threat said in principle the Federal government does not comment on incidents being investigated by  this was widely understood to indicate that a probe was launched into the threats. Police confirmed that waterworks in popu Lous cities were under special guard against possible Poison attacks. Nixon sends Lon nol letter after bombing phenom penh up president Nixon sent president Lon nol a letter of respect and support following monday bombing of the presidential Palace by an air Force Pilot a . Embassy spokesman said Friday. On behalf of the american people Mayi once More express my respect and sup port for the Khmer and their leadership in their Brave and determined defense of the Republic and their continuing search for peace the letter said. Air Force it. Pech Lim Kuon tried to kill Lon nol by dropping four 250-Pound bombs from Hia t28 fighter bomber onto the pal Ace grounds. Lon nol was not Hurt but the government radio said three persons were killed and nine wounded. Lim Kuon escaped by flying the t28 to rebel territory i Eastern Cambodia. A spokesman for Lummus said it was the first .-soviet Deal that involved completely equipped production Plant. He said previous deals were for separate pieces of equipment Only. The Plant will produce 150,000 tons of acetic acid annually by 1978. The chemical is a major building Block of the petrochemical Industry. Under the agreement the soviet Union will provide a 10 per cent Down payment and the rest will be financed in the unite states. Spokesmen for the two american firms said the financial arrangements have not been , they said the Export import Bank was expected to extend its Stan Dard terms which would Range from eight to 15  acetic acid Plant s process was recently developed by Monsanto and i currently used at the firm s Texas City tex., Plant where soviet engineers Are Tobe trained before the Sver Donetsk factory begins production. Vatican opposition surfing fan Suzzanne Wilson 18, says her favorite sport is surfing and enjoying the Sun atthe Beach in Sydney Australia that is when she s not Busy with her Colleg courses. A photo court upholds legality of Italy s divorce Law Rome a the constitutional court has upheld the legality of Italy s controversial divorce Law court sources re ported  High tribunal had been asked to Rule on the 3-year-old Law the first in Roma Catholic Italy in a Century on complaints that it violated a treaty Between Italy and the Vatican. The treaty the so called concordat left divorce matters to the jurisdiction of the roman Catholic Church. The constitutional court s reasoning was not Given but it was believed to be that a Law enacted by parliament is supreme and therefore takes precedence to a treaty. The High court had issued a similar ruling before. The roman Catholic Church and Italy largest party the Christian democrats had opposed the Law. Some religious groups had campaigned for a referendum to abrogate the Law. . Resolution stresses urgency of Salt Accord United nations a the . General Assembly s main political com Mittee has adopted a Resolution of enc our. Gement to the soviet Union and the United states in their strategic arms limitation  Resolution called on them to Bear constantly in mind the necessity and urgency of reaching agreement on important. Qualitative limitations and substantial reductions of their strategic nuclear weapon systems and to keep the general As Sembly informed in Good time of the re  but when a referendum seemed Immi nent 18 months ago political parties agreed to a general election that automatically delayed the referendum. Party leaders said they feared that a referendum would Divide the country into two hostile  efforts for another referendum have not  ruling by the supreme court was the second one upholding the Law. The court first did so a year ago in its routine review of the Law. The vote was never mad Public but sources reported it to be by a single vote on the 15-Man  second review became necessary because a lower court asked the High Tri Bunal to act in response to individual Liti  the vote was in the second ruling was not disclosed. But sources said the decision and the reasoning would be announced  had been fears that the court might overthrow the Law plunging Italy into political and religious discord. The court s composition has changed because of  became a Law of the land or de Cember 1970 after a five year parliamentary Battle that pitted the socialists and the communists against the Christia democrats and the extreme right Wing italian social movement. Pope Paul i has told italian president Giovanni Leone that Italy should do away with divorce by a referendum if need  the Law granting divorce after a Mutual separation of five years ital ians Are not flooding the courts. In two years about 60,000 cases came up Farbelow that expected. Egyptian says Israel May use atomic bombs Cairo a Egypt s most influential editor said Friday that in any new round of fighting in the Middle East Israel May re sort to using atomic bombs. He said it insurgent for the Arab world to come up with a unified strategy to produce or get nuclear  Hassanein Heikal editor of the sem official newspaper Al ashram wrote in a moment of danger the arabs could get the bomb from either the soviet Union or China but if they refused the up coming Arab Summit conference has to set up a unified commission to produce  Heikal said he had been told that Israel already has atomic bombs. He suggested that the arabs allot be tween $250 million and $770 million to pro Duce the weapons. Heikal also disclose that the arabs tried three times to obtain a atomic bomb but failed on the first occasion efforts by the late egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser were hindered by huge expenses needed to produce the bomb and the second time efforts to get the bomb from China in 1967 failed he said. Not for Sale on the third occasion in 1970, Libya president Moa mar khad Afy tried to buy an atomic bomb but Learned that such bombs Are not for Sale Heikal said. He did not disclose the name of the country from which khad Afy tried to buy the  said a Well informed american visitor with Good contacts among . Officials told him that discussion of fears that Israel might use atomic bombs came up during a luncheon in Washington on the sixth Day of the october War. He said the luncheon was attended by a minister i president Nixon s administration and a prominent member of the House armed services  to the american visitor Heik Al said the congressman told the minis Ter i am afraid people in Tel Aviv could lose their nerve and use one of the three atomic bombs they already have to throw Back the Arab attack. I do not care what will happen to the arabs but i a apprehensive any atomic explosion now will put the world on the verge of a horrible crisis " finn president signs Trade pact with dec Helsinki a president urho Kek Konen has signed ratification documents for a finnish free Trade agreement yith the european common Market dec. The president s action was the last on needed for Finland to finalize its treaty with the dec in a Long process of political hesitation which started in july 1972, when finnish negotiators initiated the agree ment in Brussels. Wednesday s constitutional Confirma Tion followed a vote in parliament nov. 16, when by 141 to 36 parliament accepted the agreement which allows for the abolish ment of customs tariffs by july 1,1977, with some exceptions. Agricultural products Are not covered. German air controllers end slowdown Frankfurt a West German air controllers announced Friday that they were ending a fuel wasting work slowdown that has crippled Domestic air traffic for nearly six months. The air controllers Are prepared to again show their increased work perform Ance As was carried out before May 31 of this year the association of German air controllers said. The announcement followed an Urgen Appeal from Chancellor Willy Brandt to end the slowdown in View of the Arab Oil squeeze. Transport minister Layritz Lauritzen anticipated the end to the go slow at a Fri Day news conference in Bonn. He said during the past few Days the feeling has grown among air controllers that the time has come to break off their  a prompt end to the slowdown was expected to normalize air traffic at West German airports in the next four or five Days Lauritzen said