European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday october 1, 1977 Schorr tells of Oswald incident earlier threat to Juk reported new York a Lee Harvey Oswald threatened to kill John f. Kennedy during a visit to the cuban embassy in Mexico City two months before the president was assassinated former lbs newsman Daniel Schorr says. Embassy officials threw Oswald out be cause they thought the threat was a pro vocation Schorr reports in the current Issue of the new York review of books. Schorr said the Warren commission which investigated the nov. 22,1963, assassination was told of Oswald s threat but did not follow it up. The commission Schorr said did not press the Cia for information about Oswald s cuban association this despite the fact or perhaps because of the fact that one of its members was former Cia director Allen Dulles. The cuban ambassador in Mexico City had reported the incident to Havana Schorr wrote. It had not been taken seriously at the time but after Kennedy s assassination Castro had come to suspect that the Effort to get Oswald into Cuba was part of a right Wing conspiracy. Oswald would return from Cuba then assassinate the president and it would took As though Castro had been respond French plane is hijacked continued from Page i the hijackers Ransom demands. Stewardess Annick Guillemot a 30-year old frenchwoman was shot in the  As she tried to prevent the Hijacker from Bull ing into the cockpit an airline spokesman said. She was later released and interrogated by police and then transferred to the nearby Henri Mondor Hospital where she was reported in Good condition. Six passengers including an infant were later released unharmed As the Hijacker negotiated Over the cockpit radio with a team of officials led by Jean Perier administrative chief of the Val de Marne District where orly Airport lies. The conversations sometimes direct sometimes through the Pilot were monitored by French newsmen. The Hijacker insisted that two French private radio stations broadcast a 12-min Ute statement which he said he had Al ready recorded on tape for the occasion. Perier apparently stalling for time demanded to know what the message said. But the Hijacker retorted through the Pilot that everything he had to say was on the tape and he would say nothing before the broadcast. He pledged to release at least some of the passengers after the broadcast but indicated others would have to remain aboard while he flew to a Desti nation he did not reveal. In Dacca the latest hostage release brings to nine the number of passengers released since the plane was seized wednesday. Officials said the Ransom flight saturday would arrive in Dacca More than seven hours after the hijackers latest deadline and at least three of the nine prisoners demanded by them would not be aboard. The five masked terrorists of the Ultra left japanese red army who hijacked the Japan air lines pcs Jet have repeatedly threatened to kill the hostages unless their demands Are met but have twice extended their deadline. There were indications the hijackers wanted to leave Dacca after the prisoner Sand Money arrive. No to schedule today due to technical difficulties we Are not Able to carry the weekly to schedule in today s edition. The schedule will be printed As Early As possible. Sible Schorr said. Schorr speculated that Oswald May however have been acting alone and his desire to kill the president could have been triggered by publication of a sept. 9, 1963, interview with the associated press in which Castro said . Leaders would be in danger if they attempted to eliminate cuban leaders. The possibility that Oswald acted on his own inspired by Castro s statement cannot today be proved but it has the ele ments of the fortuitous and the Lunatic that sometimes govern history Schorr wrote. The conspiracy then would have been a conspiracy of interlocking events the incessant Cia plots to kill Castro touching off a Castro warning touching off something in the fevered mind of Lee har vey Oswald the former reporter said. Vance says Plo Issue May be resolved soon United nations a Secretary of state Cyrus r. Vance said Friday the . And the soviet Union May be nearing agreement on How to break the deadlock Over Palestine representation at Middle East peace talks. Related Story on Page 8. We May have something More to say about this in the next couple of Days Vance told reporters after a 90-minute meeting with soviet foreign minister an Drei a. Gromyko at the soviet Mission to the United nations. He said the two countries which Are co chairmen of the Geneva conference both believe very strongly that we should use our utmost Effort to bring about a con vening of a Geneva conference before the end of the year. The Palestine Issue is the principal procedural obstacle. President Carter called on thursday for adequate Palestine representation at the talks but pointed up the differences Between the arabs and Israel and even among the Arab countries them selves. Syria and Egypt have demanded a direct role for the Palestine liberation Organiza Tion. Jordan s stand is ambiguous and is Rael says it will not negotiate with a group committed to its destruction. Vance had a meeting scheduled later in the Day with israeli foreign minister Moshe Dayan. Gromyko said he is flying Home to mos cow. There he is expected to report to so Viet leaders on evident Progress toward a new strategic arms limitation agreements Well As on the Middle East. We will be in constant communication with each other through our respective embassies Vance said. Gromyko agreed with Vance s de scrip Europe mostly Cloudy and a logy saturday and sunday with occasional Light rain. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 65, Low 50. Sunset saturday 6 05p.m. Sunrise sunday 6 27 . Temperatures recorded saturday get 44 44 am pm am 66 88 Adana cd 50 63 Athens cd 4 63 Afono cd 54 59 Berlin cd 45 61 Brussels cd 4 55 cop no incl 45 5745 5554 50 pm66 Frankfurt p 75 London c 75 Madrid cd 66 Munich p 66 Paris p 70 Rome p cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy. Det 25, 31st weather so Tion of the Middle East situation but interjected regarding the arms talks that there Are remaining issues to be decided by the two superpowers. At his news conference thursday Carter discounted reports that the . Has decided the Palestine liberation Organiza Tion should participate in the talks and that agreement has been reached to have a single unified Arab delegation at Geneva instead of separate delegations. On the drive for a new weapons treaty Vance said we Are turning Over All of the remaining issues to our Dele a  suggested the key decisions have been made by top officials on the two sides and now the technicians would work out the details. Outfit in Korea disbands its last missile unit Seoul South Korea a the last remaining unit of the 4th . Army mis Sile command was disbanded Friday As part of the planned withdrawal of Ameri can troops from South Korea. The unit was the first in Korea to be deactivated since the . And South korean governments agreed in july on a phased withdrawal of american troops by 1982. A military spokesman said about 40 members of the unit a remnant of the deactivated honest John missile battalion attended a Flag lowering ceremony Dis banding the unit at Chinchon 45 Miles Northeast of Here. Sources said the ground to ground Hon est John missiles from the deactivated Bat Talion had been turned Over to the korean government. The military spokesman said that some Headquarters personnel of the 4th missile command were still in South Korea. It was not known when they would leave Korea. He said the . Still maintains Hawk surface to air missiles in South Korea. About 41,000 american troops Are stationed in Korea now. Gas Issue still stalled in Senate Washington up opposing forces froze the Senate into a double filibuster Friday while leaders tried to figure a Way out of the Long frustrating stalemate Over natural Gas  Leader Robert Byrd tried All Day to coax key senators into supporting his Compromise Gas Price formula but re publican Leader Howard Baker rated Byrd s chances for Early Success at no More than 50-50." it is always darkest before the Dawn Byrd told reporters Between meetings on his Compromise plan. As he spoke the Senate was spinning its wheels just As it had been for several Days droning through one delaying amendment after another so that neither Side pro or anti deregulation could get its favored Bill to the floor. This time though there was a bizarre twist. Sen. Russell Long who wants deregulation had stolen the filibuster initiative away from the anti deregulation Side by introducing the amendments his oppo Nen Saad prepared themselves. Most were trivial. Few cared which Way the votes went. The objective was to Wear the other Side Down. At Issue for the nation in All this was the Price of Gas the size of Utility Bills and whether Federal Price ceilings will Dis appear in the near future also at Issue for the senators involved were political reputations and an exhausting test of wills and influence. The Senate has been proc upped for nearly two weeks with efforts to Block a vote on legislation that would remove fed eral Price ceilings from natural Gas sales. No other floor business of significance has been conducted since noon monday when the anti deregulation filibuster swung into High gear. Carter plans Germany visit Washington a president Carter plans to visit West Germany next Spring foreign policy adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski said Friday. Brzezinski told reporters Carter had considered stopping in Germany near the end of his four continent trip in november an december. However Brzezinski said Chancellor Helmut Schmidt notified the White House that he expected several official visitors during that period and would prefer a springtime visit by Carter. Blaze kills two in Vienna Vienna a a fire in a building on Vienna s Plush Rin Strasse has killed two women and caused considerable damage police reported. The two women were not identified. Us ape units deploy for tests Byda Synovec staff writer por Denone Italy is tactical aircraft from Safe units have deployed to nearby Aviano a to take part in the autumn forge exercise display determination. The aircraft include 10 f4 phantoms from Span Dahlem a Germany and four Folles from upper Heyford England. The tactical aircraft will Fly missions in support of the 1st army div 1st in 6th in 51st inf from or Ailshie Germany. The two battalions deployed Here monday to take part in the four Day exercise with soldiers of the italian Arieta division. The exercise was to kick off saturday night and conclude thursday. Joining the Safe tactical combat air Craft Are five ov10 Broncos and a Mobile Forward air control Post from Sembach a  is providing All Forward air sup port for the exercise. The Ovios will be flying with an italian air Force observer who will assist with directing air support against ground targets. The italian observers Are pilots who Are taking part As airborne observers for the first time. Joining the 1st army div contingent Here Are 24 air Crew members and nearly 200 support and maintenance persons from Safe units in Germany and England who Are reinforcing nato in the Southern Region for the exercise