European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 17, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 27 Oil firms7 getting other fuel sources probed by panel a i Washington up major Oil companies have sought to become Energy companies through acquisition of other sources of fuels a congressional report says. This has led to discussions about the possibility of legislation requiring horizon Tal divestiture of the Petroleum Industry said sen. Frank Church a Idaho who re Quested the report for a Senate Energy sub comity tee. Horizontal divestiture refers to proposals by some in Congress to Force companies heavily involved in More than one form of Energy to divest themselves of All but one. The report said major Oil companies hold most of the nation s High Quality uranium reserves and Are heavily involved in Coal predominant in geothermal re 128 in House if ask probe on death of Biko Washington up More than 100 House members saturday requested an International investigation into the death of South african Black Leader Steve Biko. The request made in a letter to South african ambassador Donald b. Sole asked that an appropriate Public or private International body be allowed to investigate South Africa s detention practices. The letter was conceived by rep. Andy Maguire d-n.j., and signed by 127 others,113 democrats and 15 republicans. It said Biko s death in a South african prison had clearly focused the world s at Tention on human rights in that country and could Lead to its increasing isolation from other  it urged the South african government to invite an organization such As the u.n., International commission of jurists or amnesty International to examine South Africa s Laws and practices regarding de Tention and make  the letter asked the government to re consider its refusal to allow an outside investigation of Biko s death and also asked for information on the disappearance of Peter Jones publicity Secretary for the Black people s convention. Sources and at the forefront in shale. They have sought to become Energy Compa Nies rather than Petroleum companies it  report said difficulties arise in Esti mating some forms of Energy with one study putting West Virginia s Coal re serves at 39 billion tons and another put Ting them at 60 billion tons. The report also said among the top 20 corporate holders of Coal reserves Are Oil companies with 11.8 per cent of the reserves. The Industry s interests Are even greater because a few Oil companies with Coal Reserve holdings Are outside the top 20. The Oil companies would seem to be the predominant performers in geothermal Energy in terms of development and land holdings. As for Oil shale Oil companies outbid All other competitors for the four Federal leaseholds awarded in 1974. Thus Oil companies would seem to be the Only types of firms now gaining experience in All facets of the mining and reporting processing of Oil  Oil companies have a very Strong position in uranium mining and milling with 47 per cent of uranium reserves of $30 a Pound or less and 71.8 per cent of the lower priced reserves of $15 to $20 per Pound. Two firms Are predominant Kerr Mcgee and Gulf Oil combined hold 33 per cent of known Domestic uranium reserves the report said. Heading off the chill wearing a Fox hat on a frosty Canadian morning Queen Elizabeth ii participates in a ceremony at the National War memorial in Ottawa on saturday. It was the Send Day of the British Mon Arch s 6nday Canada visit. A photo 16 hostages rescued in Nagasaki Japan cops form bus kill Hijacker Tokyo up a posse of 40 police men with guns blazing sunday stormed a commuter bus hijacked by two Ultra left radicals shot one Hijacker dead and freed 16 hostages. The Isva hour Hijack drama at Nagasaki 900 Miles Southwest of Tokyo ended in a gunfight lasting less than five minutes amid the sounds of gunfire bullets crash ing through windows and the screams of women hostages. Millions of japanese saw the final act of the hijacking on Early morning television newscasts. Five of the passengers held at gunpoint in the bus by the hijackers who called 500 copies of paper s tribute to Elvis sent behind curtain Memphis Tenn. Up several Hun dred Elvis Presley fans behind the Iron curtain have received special tribute editions of the commercial Appeal published after the Singer s death aug. 16. Michael Grehl editor of the newspaper said 500 copies of the 12-Page editions were recently distributed to musicians and known Rock n Roll fans in Moscow Lenin Grad Prague and other cities. Grehl  shipment was made in co operation with the state department. We always have been acutely aware of Elvis Presley s worldwide popularity and the distinctive american influence his career has had even in countries such As Russia where it s difficult for private Citi Zens to keep up with his career and music Grehl said. It therefore seemed reasonable an useful to offer free copies in limited number for distribution to Ordinary people in those countries of the commercial a peal s special 12-Page tribute  newspapers were shipped in bulk 10 packages of 50 copies each to Washington. With state department cooperation the shipment was routed to communist nations where copies were Given to residents. The distribution Effort took seven weeks Grehl  special edition was published to satisfy overwhelming demand for the newspaper in the Days following Presley s death of apparent heart failure. Included in the Edi Tion Are All news stories and photographs published in the newspaper s four Day coverage of the Singer s death and funeral. Themselves members of Japan s red army terror group received minor injuries. The surviving Hijacker was dragged from the bus his face bathed in blood and taken to a Hospital. The hijackers carried three pistols and some firebombs police said but they failed to carry out their threat to blow up the bus and kill the passengers if  hostages including two Small Chil Dren had been released earlier. The hijackers took Over the bus near Nagasaki Railroad station saturday and or dered the Driver to Park it in a service station. Two Hundred riot police sealed off the area while the hijackers their faces covered by White masks demanded that two politicians and a noted japanese journalist be brought to the scene to talk to  launched their Rescue attack at 4 33 . Japanese time. Luring one Hijacker to a bus window ostensibly for negotiations they opened fire on him. Two searchlights positioned in the area were suddenly turned on bathing the bus in Light As the posse charged it. Part of the Rescue team smashed win Dows and began pulling the hostages from the bus. Other officers pushed through the broken windows guns at the ready. Police identified the dead suspect Ashi Sayuki Kawasaki 31, a native of Nagasaki. He was shot through the neck and died at a Hospital less than half an hour later. Police said Kawasaki quit a Job with a machine tool company in Nagoya 180 Miles Southwest of Tokyo in March 1976, and told fellow workers he was going to Nagasaki to live. Kawasaki s Confederate was identified As Koichi Kawashima 39, of Casebo site of a . Navy base in the suburbs of Kawa Saki. One of the seven released passengers Shigeaki Tanaka 72, told newsmen that All the male hostages had their hands tied by the hijackers and were herded to the Backof the bus. It was the fourth bus hijacking Case in Japan and the most serious. In the others the hijackers gave up quickly and there were no injuries. Upstate . Family records third suicide Auburn n. Y. A a private mass will be celebrated Here for Kevin r. Smith who became the third member of his family to take his own life in a suicide , 20, leaped from the Lake Avenue Bridge into the Owasco outlet off Owasco Lake police said. He died in a Hospital Sev eral hours , who recently lost a sales Job at tempted to jump from the Bridge two weeks ago but police spotted him and pre vented the  said his sister Cheryl jumped from the same Bridge in  pair s Mother Carol jumped to her death in Rochester 12 years ago police said. Cyprus Leader leaves clinic Rochester Minn. Up the pres ident of Cyprus Spyros Kyprianou left Here after undergoing a series of tests at the Mayo clinic in St. Mary s Hospital. Kyprianou was reported suffering from a form of coronary artery disease