European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday october 21, 1985 Reagan stresses Italy Friendship _ Washington up president Reagan told Italy saturday night that Friendship Between the two countries is Dunshak Cable despite the recent War of words Over Italy s release of a palestinian terrorist who reportedly masterminded the Achille Lauro hijacking. Reagan made his Impromptu remarks at an italian american banquet after italian ambassador Rinaldo pc Trignani told him in a speech the last few Days have been trying for All of us but frankness and Friendship  the ambassador w on a standing ovation from about 2,000 guests at the dinner of the National italian Ameri can foundation when he said we look for a continued intimate fruitful and Broad relationship Between the United states and Italy in the spirit and tradition of Friendship that always Enisley Between As and which is the strength of the Alliance that binds us together. For the defens of world  when Reagan began his speech a few minutes later he said or. Ambassador i assure you that the Friendship Between our two countries is  Reagan accepted the invitation Long before relations Between Rome and Washington soured Over Italy s release of Mohammed Abbas whom he United states has implicated in the hijacking. Prime minister Bettino Praxi re signed on thursday in the aftermath accusing . Troops of trying to Sci a Abbas from italian jurisdiction and Vio lating its airspace in following him to Rome. Relations appeared to take a turn for the better sat urday when Praxi said he was pleased with a letter Rea Gan sent through an envoy and with Petrignani s and Reagan s remarks. Praxi told reporters in Rome the letter delivered by undersecretary of state Onn while Chad expressed the Hope that our recent differences can be put behind  the dinner honoured Singer Frank Sinatra for his life time achievement in the arts and for his charitable works. Plo rep Cas hijacking act of terrorism Washington up the pales Tinian liberation organization s representative to Lebanon said sunday the hijacking of the italian cruise ship chill Lauro was an act of terrorism and that Mohammed Abbas should be punished if he had a part in it. Shafik Al Hout in a television inter View said he did not know the i pm circa Bouls of Abbas released by italian authorities and now sought As a fugitive bythe United states. But 1 feel that or. Abbas should be investigated and if it s proved he was linked with what has happened we should dismiss him he said. Abbas was aboard an egyptian Airliner with the four hijackers of the Achille Lauro when . Navy planes forced it to land in Sicily. The four hijackers Are being held for trial by the italian govern ceremony held at Juk Airport Klinghoffer s body returned Home new York a a military Honor guard elected officials and relatives of Leon Klinghoffer who was slain during the hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro gathered at Kennedy Airport on sunday As the body of the 69-year-old new yorker was returned Home. Klinghoffer s body arrived on a flight from Rome. The Flag draped coffin was wheeled out onto an Airport runway where a Short ceremony look place. Speakers included sen. Daniel p. Moynihan d-n.y., and sen. Alfonso d Amato r-n.y., who extolled Klinghoffer s Cour age. The hearts of All americans go out to you in your time of grief d Amato told Klinghoffer s wife Marilyn and other members of the family. As a result of his death there has come about a new spirit. Leon lives on d Ama to said. I believe that spirit will be one that lives on and gives Comfort help and Aid to others to end this  d Amato said he and rep. Theodore Weiss d-n.y., who also spoke at the air port ceremony would propose monday that Klinghoffer be awarded the medal of Honor. After the speeches mrs. Klinghoffer kissed her hand and touched the casket which was covered by an american Flag. The Honor guard removed the Flag folded it and gave it to mrs. Klinghoffer who clutched it As she wiped tears from her face. A private funeral for Klinghoffer was scheduled monday Klinghoffer was killed after four gunmen seized the luxury liner off Egypt on oct. 8. The pirates were arrested in Italy after a plane carrying them was forced to land in Sicily by . Warplanes. They have been charged in the slaying. Belgians March in cruise missile protest Brussels up tens of thousands of protestors marched through Central Brussels sunday in renewed demonstrations against the deployment of cruise missiles in Belgium. Marchers carried banners saying no cruises in Belgium no ss-20s aimed at Bel  organizers estimated the crowd at More than 200.000 but police estimated it at Les than half that number. Belgium has already received 16 cruise missiles with 32 More scheduled to be deployed bytheendof987. The demonstration was the biggest against nuclear arms in the belgian capital in two years. Originally it had been timed to Lake place during Belgium s general elec Tion Campaign but it lost Impact when the elections were moved up to oct. 13. Participants in the March included the belgian Branch of International physicians for the prevention of nuclear War which won the Nobel peace prize this month. The March was heralded by a predawn gasoline bomb attack against a car owned by the wife of one of the organizers Pierre Galand while it was parked outside their Home in the suburb of us cts. Police said the combatant communist cells a hard line splinter group already blamed for a series of bombings in Clr i in appeared to be behind the attack. The shadowy group had denounced the peace March As useless folklore and pamphlets from it were found near Galand shome. Navy opens sub program to a. Firm Washington a the Navy is offering the Newport news shipbuilding & dry Dock co. A Chance to bid against a rival shipbuilder on the multimillion Dollar Trident nuclear submarine program a Navy official confirmed saturday night. Rear adm. Stuart f. Plait the Competition advocate general of the Navy said the Navy has written the Newport news va., company saying it would make available drawings and data sufficient to let them become a qualified bidder for Trident sub sunday s pro football by giants 17, Wallington 3 Atlanta 31, new Ortlani 24 Houston 44. Cincinnati 11 Man Nola 21. San Diego 17 Buffalo 21, Indianapolis 9 . Rami it Kanui Colv 0 . Haitian ?. Cleveland 20  it Dallat 14 Detroit 23, san Francsico 21 Miami 24, Tampa Bay 14 marines in future  general dynamics based in St. Ixia is i currently the Only shipbuilder with the facilities to build a submarine As Large As the Tri Dent. The submarines arc built at the company s electric boat shipyard in Groton Conn. The St. Louis Post dispatch in a copy right Story sunday said the Navy formally offered Newport news detailed confidential information that would enable it to de cide whether to bid on the Trident. Platt said no documents have been Given to Newport news and he refused to com ment on the classification of the documents. A spokesman for the Virginia company said the company had no immediate comment. General dynamics has built seven Tri dents and has contracts for five More at about is billion each. The Navy has said it plans to buy at least 20 of the submarines. Newport news is building a $300 million Plant at its Virginia shipyard that could accommodate the Trident the Post dispatch said. The earliest that Newport news could obtain a Trident contract would be for the 1987 fiscal year Platt told the newspaper. Alvin Spivak a Washington spokesman for general dynamics declined to com ment on the Navy s offer. Last May Secretary of the Navy John f. Lehman or. Cited a pattern of actions by Gen eral dynamics that he said Calls into question the integrity and responsibility of the Corpora  Lehman fined the company $676,283, cancelled two contracts and delayed new con tracts on the Trident and other weapons. Plait said the Navy s offer to Newport news was part of a Navy strategy to in crease Competition for equipment an weapons systems. " we it been increasing Competition fro ships to Belt buckles and the Trident is an example of our seriousness and determination of trying to Mak Competition our nor Mal Way of doing business he said. Mint which released Abbas on grounds the charges against him were inadequate for prosecution. The United states Dis agreed calling the italian action income  , speaking from new York where he is visiting the United nations was asked Why the Plo viewed inc hijacking of the cruise ship during which one american was murdered a terrorist act when it had praised other such Inci Dences As acts of heroism. In the first place i believe this whose episode was counterproductive he scid. It is a violation of International Lavand inflicted harm on the palestinian cause and the Plo. And. Consequently 1 cannot but condemn it and consider it an act of terror because i know that what my people really want and what they arc practising is a kind of Legal resistance against the occupation of their  Al Hout conceded the hijacking had been detrimental to inc Plo s credibility As a participant in Middle Bast peace efforts but he discounted any suggestion that Plo chairman Yasser Arafat should step aside As its chief spokesman. It s up to inc palestinian people to have the leadership they want he said. Everybody knows that chairman Arafat and the leadership have been elected. If you want to discuss inc Issue of Palestine you have to discuss it through their representative which is now under the chairmanship of or.  temperatures october it 43 0 alb Atlanta so 64 Atlantic Clov t6 Boston 48 6? 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