European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes thursday october 10, 1985page 28 f a puerto rican death toll May hit hundreds ponch puerto Rico not hundreds of people were feared dead in a mud slide that buried a Hillside Shantytown North of this City after a three Day rainstorm authorities said tuesday. Gov. Rafael Hernandez Colon called it the worst trag Edy to Ever strike the  he proclaimed a state of emergency. By evening Rescue workers had uncovered 36 bodies from the Claylick mud that scaled the crumpled Community of Mac yes. But authorities said hundreds of people were missing. And thousands of others who had evacuated their Homes were in shelters in towns throughout the Island. Clear skies helped in the Rescue operations tuesday but heavy equipment had to be moved into the Mac yes area in an attempt to bring out some of the bodies believed buried there. Pedro Gonzales Ortiz the civil defense direct v of Ponce estimated that More than 500 people were buried in Mac yes and were presumed dead. We have no Hope for the missing he said. He said officials counted 263 Homes destroyed Early monday when a Wall of Earth and Rock peeled away from the Mountain and carried residents of Mac yes away in an Avalanche of collapsing dwelling,1uprooted Trees and suffocating mud. There is no air under the mud said one weary Rescue worker. This will not be like Mexico he added referring to the aftermath of the september earthquakes in Mexico City where Rescue workers were Able to pull survivors from the wreckage of collapsed buildings Days after the initial Shock. Ship from Page 1 than 20, for  Reagan who was updated on developments by National Security adviser Rob Ert Mcparlane said i think Alf govern ments and particularly those who have passengers on that ship from More than a do in countries arc vitally  the palestinian hijackers were said to have a la pc Supply of explosives and vowed soon after seizing the vessel monday night that they would blow it up if military air or naval forces tried to interfere. Flolla Lauro the shipping line said 413 people were aboard including 331 Crew members. Onda pcs Yucra a monitoring station in san Sebastian Spain said tucs Dav night that radio reports circulating among ships in the area of the Achille Lauro indicated some Type of agreement might have been reached with the hijackers and they might leave the ship. The italian foreign ministry had not heard of an agreement said an official who asked not to be identified. He said wednes Day morning there Haven t been any solid  spokesmen for the shipping office said they had heard of no agreement. In Tunisia the no. 2 Man in the pales Tine liberation organization Salah Khalaf said the Plo had taken Steps with the italian and egyptian governments for the liberation of the hostages and the peaceful solution of the  he said the Plo which has condemned the hijacking had sent envoys to the egyptian cities of port said and Cairo and had called on the hijackers to return the vessel to egyptian Waters and end the hijacking peacefully. The pirates said they were from the pal Estine liberation front one of eight guerrilla groups that comprise the Plo which split into three factions during a 1983 revolt against chairman Yasser Arafat. The italian government said it would not give in to terrorist blackmail adding that the hijackers seem also to be demanding Freedom for prisoners in Italy and other coun tries. Most of the americans who had been on the Achille Lauro cruise were among about 600 passengers who disembarked in Alex Andria Egypt before the palestinians seized the ship about 30 Miles West of port said. Reports indicated about a dozen americans still were aboard. Western diplomats in Damascus said the syrian foreign ministry told italian charge d affairs Pictro cordon the hijackers claimed to have killed two of the americans. We have no confirmation said one Diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity. The ship sailed West from the syrian coast after it was denied Access to syrian territorial Waters outside the port of Tartus a Diplomat reported. A Western Diplomat in Damascus said it was bound for Cyprus and Beirut port officials said it was in inter National Waters off the coast of Cyprus. But a cypriot government source said the ship would not be allowed to Dock there. In an earlier radio conversation with Bei rut port authorities the Leader of the hijackers demanded negotiations with Israel. He shouted we will hit any ship any plane that tries of approach us this is Omar the Hijacker of the italian ship. I want to speak to Beirut port  when port officials identified themselves Omar said i want to negotiate. I want to negotiate with Israel. 1 want you to con vey this message. I want to negotiate with Israel. That s All i want to break off  Cairo newspapers said the gang Leader identified himself shortly after the Hijack As Omar Mustafa code named Abu Rashad. The Beirut port officials and israeli radio monitors said the Man who said he was the Captain shouted into the radio later i have one message. Please please Don t try anything on my ship. Everybody is in very Good  cordon said Italy had refused All con tact with the hijackers. We re aligning ourselves with the american position that is not to negotiate with terrorists he told reporters. Italian defense minister Giovanni spa doling said in Rome we arc counting that in the end reason will prevail. We of Navy from Page 1 Navy units trained in anti terrorist tactics. However Navy ships and aircraft would probably be involved As staging platforms and for reconnaissance and transportation they said. The helicopter Carrier that is part of the Marine amphibious group would be potentially the most useful the officers said. Pentagon officials declined to discuss what had been done to prepare for possible action although one official said you can assume the . Government would take prudent precautions with regard to its Citi Zens. The first thing was to find out where the cruise ship was who s on it and what it s doing the official said. He added that we the British and the italians All have aircraft available in the area to conduct surveillance. The next thing is to get your assets in place in Case you need them he said. Administration officials said any decision to involve american forces would be made by a special committee on terrorism. The committee would have representatives from the National Security Council the defense department the stale department and the Cia. Lucky from Page 1 Man austrian and italian were put up at the Ramses Hilton hotel. They lunched together tuesday in a special room set aside by the hotel and later were to meet with officials of the flotta Lauro cruise line the ship s owners to arrange their passage Home. This is All so crazy so unbelievable a West German woman said. You set out on a cruise and then the boat gets  a German Friend with her interrupted yes but we arc the Lucky ones Aren t we Mary Destifano of Lakehurst n.j., said she too regarded herself As one of the Lucky  i had always wanted to Sec the sights of Egypt so 1 got off she said. Most of the passengers in Cairo said they had not noticed anyone suspicious pointing out that it would have been difficult with so Many people on Board. But Max fico who identified himself As the cruise manager was quoted As having said he believed that the hijackers had boarded the vessel at Genoa. I noticed four people who were always together in a very strange Way he told the associated press in Cairo tuesday. They looked Middle Eastern. Now looking Back my impression is that these four were very  pact from Page 1 tag in warheads and the United s Lutcs with Only about 1,680. The United states now has 7,500 Strate Gic warheads and the soviets 8,900. Despite . Objections the official said it is a proposal and we Are  the United states already had a proposal on the negotiating table in Geneva Switzerland calling for cuts of up to 50 percent in some weapons but allowing both sides to have the same number of warheads and missiles. The soviet proposal made Public by so Viet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Paris last week Calls for the superpowers to Cut by 50 percent their Long Range nuclear arms. There also would be other limits on differ ent kinds of weapons. Gorbachev unveiled the plan less than a month before the parliament of the nether lands a nato ally is to decide whether it will accept its share of . Cruise missiles. It came six weeks before the nov. 19-20 Summit Between Gorbachev and president Reagan. Administration officials have been cautious in assessing the soviet plan pm firm that we will not cede to any terrorist  Syria Jordan and Egypt have condemned the hijacking. Prime minister Shimon Peres said in Jeru Salem that no government had asked Israel to free prisoners and an israeli official said we will not negotiate with  israeli officials said italian officials believed the pirates boarded at Genoa Origi nation Point of the cruise. A maritime radio pickup by Onda Pes Yucra said there were 12 pirates according to Trudy Hill a Monitor for the radio. She said she heard a conversation Between the Captain of an italian ship and a warship from a nation she refused to name. She said the conversation indicated a 40-year-old american was killed. The Achille Lauro carried 753 passengers when it left Genoa last thursday but fewer than 100 were still aboard with the Crew when the palestinians seized it. Most had disembarked at Alexandria fora land tour and were to have met the ship at port said. Radio stations in Israel and Lebanon had reported that the hijackers boasted on ship radio of having killed one american and that they threatened to kill 12 More hostages. Israel radio said later that two hijackers had killed two people one an american and the other of undisclosed nationality. Reagan was asked about the piracy Dur ing a picture taking session with prime minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore. 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