European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday september 5,1977 the stars and stripes Page 27 settlement Issue stalemate arabs Cairo up a seven member com Mittee set up by an Arab foreign ministers conference failed to agree sunday on common plan to initiate . Measures against Israel and dumped the stalemate into the ministerial Lap. The disagreement pitting syrian led hardliners against moderates spearheaded by Egypt entered on the question of How far the arabs should go in seeking International counteraction to Israel s persistence in building jewish settlements on Ara Blands occupied since the 1967 War. The committee consisting of Egypt Syria saudi Arabia Lebanon Iraq Tuni Sia and the Palestine liberation Organiza Tion did not help Bridge the Gap and the group sent its report to the minister sunday night with the differences still unresolved conference sources Only measure of agreement reached they said was to raise the Issue of israeli settlements at the . General Assembly session opening sept. 20 and demand a Resolution condemning the jewish state and branding the settlements illegal and detrimental to Middle East peace prospects. Both Egypt and Syria support this an the Cairo government already has requested inclusion of the item in the Assembly Agenda. Cairo and Damascus disagreed Howe Rescue work where 10 died rescuers remove an injured Man from wreckage of an Accident near Nanaimo Ccrn-7/fcr heading out on sea hop Darwin a the can Tiki the world s first Ocean going boat made of Beer cans was in route to Singapore sunday after a Majestic sendoff from this Northern australian 25-foot engine powered vessel is on the first leg of a 2,000-mile journey to raise Money for this City which was devastated in 1974 by a Cyclone. A reconstruction Effort is now under Way. Organizers of the trip said they also Hope to promote tourism in the Northern tip of Australia and attract spectators to Dar win s annual Beer can regatta. Before departing organizer Clem Jones admitted to an identity crisis for the can Tiki which was constructed with the Hel of hundreds of Beer drinkers who donated their used boat a vessel a ship or a raft Jones pondered. But whatever it s called it s made of Beer More than 2,000 Well wishers attended Send off for the can Tiki saturday. An escort vessel carrying fuel supplies will accompany the Beer can boat on its two week voyage. British Columbia. Ten persons died and 17 others were injured in saturday s a mobs Stone police cadent involving and pickup Trucl a bus logging truck a photo Bhutto arrest triggers Pakistan Street riots Rawalpindi up rampaging mobs stoned police and vehicles on the streets of Karachi sunday and demonstrators paraded through Lahore apparently in protest against the arrest of deposed prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. In Karachi capital of Bhutto s Home province of sind the government con trolled associated press of Pakistan re ported that 250-300 persons in groups of five to 10 stoned vehicles and police and set up roadblocks in the Chaki Wara and Kala Kot districts of the port City. The App report said police arrested at least 11 ringleaders of the disturbances the first open violation of martial Law in Karachi since Bhutto s arrest there in a predawn raid saturday. A military court sentenced eight of the arrested persons to one year s hard labor along with 10 lashes each. Three others were Given six months hard labor. In Lahore the capital of Punjab prov Ince where Bhutto was being held a group of 30 to 40 persons paraded through the streets with portraits of Bhutto shouting Long live Bhutto witnesses said. No arrest was reported there so far. Defens e counsel m. B. Zaman sunday moved a bail application before a two judge Bench in the Lahore High court on behalf of Bhutto 49, arrested in connection with the alleged murder three years ago of the father of a former member of Parlia ment who defected from Bhutto s party. Zaman said the bail application was made to the High court without going through a magistrate because Bhutto has no Confidence in the lower courts under the present situation in Bhutto held under a seven Day police custody granted by a magistrate was Al Lowed to see two of his party subordinates at a heavily guarded Bungalow in Lahore. After his meeting with Bhutto former finance minister Abdul Hafeez Pirzada told newsmen that the Pakistan people s party has completed arrangements to put up Legal defense for All pop members charged in court. He charged that a Campaign of charac ter assassination against Bhutto Leader of the pop and other members was under Way. Or on whether to go further and seek sus pension of Israel s membership in the United nations the sources said. Syrian foreign minister Abdel Halim Haddam proposed an Arab initiative to this end on the opening Day of the Confer ence saturday. He also suggested that the arabs try to get the . Security Council to impose sanctions against Israel and to urge All countries to sever diplomatic and economic relations with it. In a parallel proposal Haddam called for convening an Arab Summit conference next month to decide future moves in the conflict with Israel. Addressing the conference saturday night egyptian foreign minister Ismail Fahmi rejected the bid for punitive action against Israel and supported the Summit idea but said such a conference would need careful preparation and no Date should be set for it now. Hopes for condemnation Fahmi said the proposed penalties against Israel would be impossible to obtain whereas a general Assembly condemnation is possible with an overwhelm ing vote. The ministers decided to hold a special session toward the end of next month to consider arrangements for the Summit but a difficulty arose Over the venue of both the ministerial and top level Parley the sources said. Libya offered to Host the two conferences but Egypt opted for Cairo As the seat of the 21-member Arab league they said. Egypt and Libya have been embroiled in a four year old rift which flared into a six Day Border War in july. Preliminary Fence mending Steps were taken last month including a prisoner Exchange and a Border meeting Between political and military representatives of the two countries. But a reconciliation is still far away and libyan Leader col. Moa mar khad Afy renewed his attacks on Egypt in a sept. 1 speech despite a Cairo Tripoli agreement to halt propaganda warfare. 16 die 21 trapped in 2 Gold mines Johannesburg s. Africa a almost All Hope has been abandoned for 21 miners entombed in two Transvaal Gold mines rocked by Earth tremors Friday. The death toll Rose to 16 sunday with the discovery of another Miner s body crushed by fallen Rock at the worst hit mine Bly Voorhi Zicht 50 Miles Southwest of Johan Nesburg. Rescue workers Are still struggling to reach another 18 miners trapped 800 feet below ground since Friday morning when the tremor sent thousands of tons of Rock plummeting into the shafts. Fourteen of the bodies were recovered from where 57 miners were injured. Five of them were pulled alive from the debris after being trapped for up to 20 hours. At the second stricken mine hartebeest Fontein where two men died instantly Rescue teams Are probing the Rock fall for three miners still missing. Five survivors were rescued. The men killed at both mines were mostly migrant workers from neighbouring countries. A spokesman at where rescuers Are working in areas As narrow As two feet said work is also being slowed by Large Rock Banks which have to be tackled with hand tools. For Hartree Fontein 50 Miles to the West it is the second disaster this year. In january nine men died and 49 were injure when a Shaft collapsed 700 feet below ground
