European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Last Levels 9-Story building n Beirut killing at least 160 Beirut Lebanon a a powerful mob destroyed a nine Story building Early a Jagy in the palestinian Quarter of West Beirut killing at least 160 persons in the Orst single act of sabotage in Lebanon a bled history. The target of the bomb which palestini a officials estimated at More than 250 Kil mrs of plastic explosives appeared toe a Radical palestinian splinter group. Imported by Iraq the Palestine libera front Elf. But most of the group s triers had left the building half an Houre Lorethe bomb exploded. The head of the Elf 29-year-old Abul Bass said 98 palestinians were known and including 37 of his highly trained natives and 63 were still buried under t smoking rubble of the building. Rescue otters feared even More deaths May re lit from wounds suffered by residents Ofa rounding buildings. Eight of the residents in the Bombelli Latag somehow managed to survive. Usunian officials  blast which occurred at 1 15 . Today crushed the 100-foot-High Bui Dinglo g Heap of Concrete twisted Metal and  Crews worked through the tit and Day to free bodies from theft Cage on the Edge of the Sabra pales Nian Shantytown. Armed guerrillas an qty chased away reporters As weeping natives and friends watched the dig out duration. Mass s pro iraqi extremists have re ally been locked in a bloody feud with user Arafat s mainstream guerrilla Tup. Al Fatah primarily Over policy to in  the Young guerrilla dissident said at he believed neither Arafat s group Norl were responsible implicating in continued on Page 28, col. 4 debris from Beirut building blast a crowd gathers where a nine Story building once stood in Beirut after an explosion killed at least 160 people. The target of the bomb was reportedly a Radical palestinian splinter group backed by Iraq the Palestine libera Tion front Elf. However most of the group s leaders bad left the building half an hour earlier. Rescuers feared even More deaths May result from injuries suffered by residents of surround ing buildings. A photo usion big breakthrough May Lea to seawater As Power source from press dispatches Washington seawater could re ice costly and Deal table fuels As Atoe source of Energy As a result of sex wents by Princeton University scents in nuclear fusion a top Energy to ailment official said  Experiment uses the same Power is in the Sun and the Hydrogen bomb4 if perfected could be used to create wot of sea water Poen Dean director of the Energy went s magnetic confinement Swo division called the development a big scientific  cautioned however that the use of to generate electricity is still at 20 years away. The Energy depart Fri danced the Princeton  Demeo a spokesman for it plasma physics Laboratory a that because of the develop Al Princeton scientists will be Able to control fusion in a Little More than decade certainly by the turn of the Cen  Princeton scientists used a Small test reactor to produce Sun like tempera Tures for a moment inside a kind of magnetic  the nuclear reaction that Powers the Sun is the joining of two atomic particles at High temperatures. It has been duplicated in an uncontrolled form in the Hydrogen bomb but harness ing it for Power production has proven More  the first time in history the actual conditions of fusion have been produced Ina fusion reactor in scale Model said Dean. Experiments at Princeton University which began three weeks ago and Are now in Progress Are the most significant development in the 27 years of the fusion pro  he  has Laid to rest the question of whether fusion is feasible from a scientific Point of View there is now a scientific basis for continued on Page 28, col. 2 authorized unofficial publication for the u 5 armed forces vol. 37, no. 118 monday August 14, 1978 i  Ono Ion. If 21855 a steady line files past Tomb of Pope flan City a a steady2 of people filed past Pope Paul Al s 25 the crypt of St. Peter s Basilica and praying in front of the under which the pontiff night related Story. First lady Rosalynn Carter attended a reception for delegation chiefs Given bythe College of cardinals then left for Home aboard air Force one. She was accompanied by other members of the delegation including sen. Edward m.  leaving the Vatican the first lady toured the Basilica viewing Miche langelo s dome and pausing in front of Ber Nini s canopy and the altar of the Confes Sion marking the site where the apostle Peter is believed to be buried in the Earth underneath. . Officials said she did not visit the Tomb. She attended the solemn funeral in St. Peter s Square saturday. Roman housewives and african Diplo Mats Black suited seminarians and lung haired youths in Blue jeans stepped into the massive Basilica walked up to the domed Center and Down two flights of stairs into the Vatican Grotto the name for the crypt. There was an endless Stream from 7a.m. When the Basilica opened until s . When the Grotto were closed. Vatican offi continued on Page 2s, col. 3