European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday october 18, 1985 Seaway closure stalls emergency food shipments Mouv aum Futai Jious kinds of ions of food for peace shipments to ammo gift Nikii in Mil Waukee s port because of a blockage on the Seaway a spokesman said wednesday. About tons of cargo being shipped via the Feder Al government s food for peace program arc affected said operations director Stanley . The emergency food shipments arc part of the program s october and novem Ber allotments. Blawas said the 50-Pound sacks of powdered Mil fortified sorghum and other Relief goods a i for Africa and India. Some cargo is in a u0iito7awaiting shipment he said while the to Milwaukee. Canal which links Lake e Ontario has been closed since a 125-foot Section of Concrete Wall collapsed monday blocking shipping traffic in both directions. Blawas said port officials had been told wednesday Seaway development Cor a a a chair Job a three weeks. But Willi Imo nyifpttsi3cnt of wednesday that it would a cd just to determine How Long the repairs would take. We cannot say when the Seaway will reopen be cause Loo Many elements in the repair stage arc Indef o Neil told reporters. The blockage raised a threat thai some cargo being shipped to Milwaukee would be diverted or that some already at the port would have to be reloaded for rail shipment to Ocean ports Blawas said. However if the damage can be repaired in three weeks the cargo might not have logo through process and Mila he said. Blawas said he could not estimate the effect of the delay on nations the afar to receive the food. Definitely it will mean o he said although Jim of the lost time possibly could be made up later f Tel would have i Don t at to Loroff Tim optic gals of the Canadian St. Law rence Seaway Autho my repair Job was expected to Start thursday. The or Catt Bijj Ping season is scheduled to close dec. 16. The Cost of the Seaway blockage believed More than 50 ships has been estimated at betwee s10,000 and s20.00q per ship per Day. Genoa crowd we comes Achille Laura Home Genoa. Imly a the Achille Lauro ended its cruise of terror wednes Day resuming o fix Home port to inc applause of hundreds of relatives and friends of its Crew and 19 remaining passengers. Many aboard the liner blew kisses from inc deck As ils band played the Blue ship an italian Sailor s hymn. The decks were filled with people who leaned against its railings waving streamers of Pink pc Tow and Green ribbon. Four palestinians hijacked the Achille Lauro off the egyptian coast on oct. 7, and held it for two Days before surrendering. They Are accused of murdering one of the passengers Leon Klinghoffer 69, of new York City. The ship docked at its usual Cement pier Dock 3 of the Pontic de Mill shortly be fore Midnight. Wives and families of the 313 Crew Mem Bers and the passengers hurried up the gangplank Many crying others touching and dancing. Some handed out sparkling wine in paper cups. Some were angry at a horde of newsmen who raced up the gangplank for a news conference held by the Captain and a local prosecutor. The two men provided details of the investigation into the crimes committed aboard the ship. In a live televised interview with the state run Rai broadcast network one unidentified crewman said there were no wit Nesses to the killing of Klinghoffer. None of us saw it he said a nurse from the ship said she was in the infirmary when the hijackers seized the ves Sel. Us was afraid but they treated us Well. They were Friendly she said. After a Brief reunion most of the Crew men and passengers disembarked. We thank you All for All you have done in these dramatic Days helping passengers in a perfect Way an official of Folta Lauro the ship s owner shouted from a tugboat to Captain Gerardo de Rosa shortly before the ship docked. The official Slavio do Luca then boarded the liner. The ship s two photographers escorted by police transferred to the tugboat with Al the film they had taken during the Voy age. The film will be turned Over to investigators port officials said. Do Luca told four magistrates who boarded the ship that he Hopes do Rosa will be allowed to command the liner s next Mediterranean cruise. I Lotta Lauro wants the Achille Lauro to be a messenger of peace. And so it is our firm intention Hal the ship does not skip on its next voyage any traditional slops of the Mediterranean cruise including porn said port officials quoted de Luca As say ing. Giorgio Saba a Folta Lauro spokesman Abbas from Page 1 the egyptian Airliner . Navy jets diverted Friday to a nato base in Sicily. The United slates and Israel accused him of directing the piracy and the Reagan administration demanded he be held. Italy however let him go and its splintered coalition government May collapse As a result. Abbas Heads the Palestine liberation front the Plo faction to which the Hijack ers claimed they belonged. Favi a Deputy prosecutor from Siracusa Sicily said investigators were certain who killed Klinghoffer Why he was killed and who threw his body overboard. Favi declined to name names or give details. The four palestinians in custody in Italy arc charged with hijacking the ship oct. 7 and murdering Klinghoffer when Israel failed to meet their demands for the release of so imprisoned palestinians. Favi said there were around 10" wit Nesses to the killing. Previous reports said a British stewardess and four italian Crew members might have seen the crime. Asked if the hijackers seized the ship because a waiter saw them cleaning their weapons As previously reported Favi laughed and Shook his head to say no. Meanwhile the ship s Captain Gerardo de Rosa told the news conference in Genoa he was never sure the hijackers had killed Klinghoffer while they were aboard the ship but was later convinced they were guilty. He said the hijackers told him they had killed someone and handed him Klinghoffer s passport. Asked if he knew about the murder be fore the hijackers surrendered to Plo officials and were taken into egyptian Custo Day on oct. 9, do Rosa replied no one was sure. I a past l the 51 year old Captain answering questions in italian and English said he was guarded every second and anyone who might have seen the killing could t talk o egyptian authorities have said they did t know someone had been killed when they released inc hijackers. Maj. Gen. Ehud Barak chief of israeli military intelligence played a tape record ing on Israel television of a conversation in arabic that he said was conducted oct. 9 Between Abbas and inc four hijackers the same Day they surrendered. A transcript translated and released by the israeli army quoted Abbas As telling a Hijacker called maj cd listen to me Well. First of All the Pas sengers should be treated very Well. In Addi Tion you must apologise to them and the ship s Crew and to the Captain and Tell them our objective was not to take control of the ship. Tell them what your main objective is. ,. Palestine liberation organization chief Yasser Arafat appointed Abbas to negotiate the hijackers surrender and the re lease of the ship and More than 500 people aboard. Barak said Abbas was at Egypt s port said ship to Shore radio station when the conversation took place. Italian Legal sources israeli officials and Abbas Palestine liberation front have said the initial plan was for a terror attack when the ship reached the israeli port of Ashdod. The four hijackers claim to be Elf members. Barak said of Klinghoffer s death he was chosen by the jewish sound of his name and dragged against his will to the Edge of the ship s deck. The youngest of the terrorists shot him in the head once or a cleaning worker and the ship s hair Dresser were forced at gunpoint to push the american s body Over the Side and clean the blood stains off the ship Barak said on television. The account was determined conclusively by the evidence taken from the people on the Barak said. He did not elaborate. Prosecutors said the seven men charged with kidnapping and murder include the four who seized the ship for two Days a palestinian arrested in Genoa before the cruise Mcgar. Oct. 3 and two fugitives they did not identify. News reports in Italy say one of the Fugi Tives is believed to have bought the tickets for the hijackers in Genoa. The other was said to have left the liner in Alexandria Egypt the last Stop before the hijacking. The four hijackers arc being held in a maximum Security prison in Spolito 80 Miles North of Rome. Italian authorities took the pirates into custody but let Abbas leave for s Yugoslavia provoking . Outrage and condemnation by Spadolini. Abbas later left Yugoslavia and his whereabouts is unknown. Athens is two that to . Army officers stationed near Here were firebombed Early wednesday. The incidents the latest in firebombing to of Wastal suburban Homes owners in Argyr Upolu about one from hell Nikon a according and an opel Parisson were parked next to each other. One car was destroyed and the other was bad i burned. Was called out to extinguish the Blaze. No explosive devices were discovered a lice do not know who firebombed the said earlier that de Rosa was scheduled to command the cruise provided the Magis trates have finished with he said 15 crewmen and about 100 of the nearly 800 passengers who had reservations for the 12 Day cruise had cancelled. We Are studying some new Security measures boarding procedures will be tighter but Security is not up to us it s up to the port he said. Saba said the passengers who remained aboard include 11 South africans and two people each from Italy France Britain and West Germany. Two magistrates from Genoa where the cruise originated and two from Siracusa Sicily where the hijackers were turned Over to italian authorities boarded the ship tuesday As it rounded Sicily. They questioned crewmen wednesday about the hijacking and Klinghoffer s death. 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