European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes january 1978 ethiopian Leader was blast target Kenya up ethiopian strongman Mengistu Haite Marla and visiting cuban defense minister haul Castro recently escaped an assassination attempt unharmed when a bomb was hurled at their vehicle during an inspection tour of the Ogaden Battle diplomatic sources said a Hal dozen cubans and a russian were reported in the bomb blast two weeks sources in the ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa the apparently engineered by dissident army occurred As Hengist and Castro poured joint Ethiopia a cuban frontline positions near the ancient walled City of Harar in the disputed Ogaden government soldiers have been battling invading somali forces there Tor six shattered second car the bomb missed Mengis Lus the sources but shattered a second vehicle in the killing the cubans and the the attempt was apparently engineered by an anti Mengistu faction within the ethiopian army and was aimed at the strongman rather than the sources Mengistu is widely feared and disliked not Only by underground civilian Organiza such As the ethiopian Peoples revolutionary party Erpi but also within sections of the army where he has con ducted a series of ruthless purges including the deaths of two former Heads of stale and my Gistus own Mengistu late last year ordered the exe cution of Atnafu his former 2 after accusing Abate of a Tirevo Luti onary Mengistu was also deeply implicated in the shooting deaths of former Heads of state Tofari Banti and Aman Andom earlier in the military three year the brother of cuban Premier Fidel has been in Ethiopia oversee ing the buildup there of some cuban military troops and Iraq charges Cia plot on plea for Asylum Beirut up i Iraq charged sunday thai the Cia and Morocco were behind an Appeal for american political Asylum by 35 iraqis charging the Bagdad government with religious the request by the 35 people for Politi Cal Asylum in America is a matter arranged by several parties seeking to damage including the american Cen trial intelligence Agency and moroccan governmental said an offi Cial iraqi the according to a court were assyrian arrived at new Yorks Kennedy Airport saturday aboard a Royal air maroc a lawyer for the iraqis wan waiting at the the Bagdad carried by the official iraqi news Agency and monitored in also firmly denied thai those people were exposed to religious Perselu Iran Empress returns Home Tehran up Empress Farah pah Lavi returned Home from a two week visit to the United states and Western with a Rifle and a pick with an mi8 Rifle Slung Over his a father digs a Hole to Plant a tree Ai his children watch at a dedication ceremony at the gush Munim settlement Al Shilo of the Israel occupied West Bank of the Jordan the explosive Issue of new settlements an captured terrain has contributed to stale mating Mideast peace if Deal excludes patriotic front envoy fears More bloodshed London up an internal Settle ment in Rhodesia that excludes the Patri Otic front guerrillas could cause More bloodshed and ambassador to the United nations Andrew Young said saturday Young arrived in London on the eve of Anglo american talks in Malta with Joshua Nkomo and Robert Lead in of the patriotic he was to Fly to Malta sunday with Brit ish foreign Secretary David Owen to launch a new joint diplomatic drive to end the guerrilla War in Rhodesia before pre Mier Tan Smith can make an internal Deal with his country moderate Black nation Alist i am not sure any arrangement which excludes the patriotic front would Stop the Young told reporters Al Heath new in an internal settlement might do the very thing that would be least in the in Terest of the United states and it would bring about the possibility of an crease in the he massive bloodshed of Blacks against Whites in and yet the  violence has always been very disruptive and much More Young so an internal settlement might be contributing to even More massive bloodshed and not Only in a new nation but in the surrounding from line nations in South Africa As Young said the Best bet is the Anglo american Only that generates enough african support to bring about Eastern compliance and any last ing settlement has to be acceptable to East and As Well As the Malta talks will be the first time he and Owen have had a serious meeting with the patriotic front leaders since they unveiled the Anglo american plan a year Young my expectations and Hopes Are that there will be a serious response from the patriotic front and a realization that the Anglo american plan is the Only Way to bring about a transition to majority Rule in Rhodesia that will be acceptable and which will end the he said 2 feet producer reports million loss up i Bethlehem steel the nations 2 steel product has reported a net loss of million in or j per share of common Bethlehem said the net compared net income in 1976 of or 85 per reflected tosses resulting from july Johnstown flood and closing of certain of its steel making and related a meter fees Are court rules Germany up a court ruling that municipal parking meter fees Are illegal is causing contusion in West the administrative court of the state of Baden Wurtemberg said saturday motorists do not have to pay a fee to Park on a Public it said the meters Are not illegal in that limits can be placed on the length of Lime a Motorist May but it said authorities May not require motorists to pay a fee to use meters designed to show How Long they Are the did not free motorists from the obligation of continuing to insert coins in a court spokesman said a higher court might reverse its verdict and motorists therefore should continue to consider the meters court said in based its ruling on the Lack of a provision authorizing parking meter fees in the traffic Arrain spokesman for the West German transport ministry in said parking meters had been installed under the traffic codes provision empowering authorities to Issue ordinances to maintain order and safety in Stuttgart mayor Manfred Rommel said if the courts ruling is upheld by the supreme administrative court in West Berlin legislative Steps could be taken to j legalize the it