European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is land sales series the re Selling dreams and Home Sites in the Sun Shine state retirement property at today s prices. Some senic members Huy and Are pleased. Others Are unsatisfied. Tor the salesmen Are not licensed and at limes they misrepresent the product. They Promise improvements rising tallies and growth. It does t always happen that Way. Wednesday in a special eight Page in depth report. The stars and stripes explores the perils of purchasing property site unseen. Vol. 44, no. 215tuesday, november 19, 1985 Oaly Ond Syndor d 8693 a Gorbachev sounds hopeful note Swiss president Kurt furl or right greets soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife Raisa monday. By Betty  staff writer go Nova. Swit Carlanda smiling Mikhail Gorba Chev arrived monday on the eve of his historic Summit with president Reagan and said the first priority of the two Day meeting is to relieve Mankind of the threat of nuclear  related stories pages 2 and 2f.i in a Short statement at the Geneva Airport the soviet Leader told Swiss president Kurt Wurgler the Peoples of the soviet Union and the United states of America the Peoples of other countries of the world expect Posi Tive results from the Geneva meeting. I can assure you that on our part we shall seek precisely such an outcome of this important  the solution of important questions facing the to o superpower lenders will largely determine the further course of International affairs Gorbachev said. And first and Foremost is the question of what can be done to halt the unprecedented arms race in the world and its Extension to new spheres to relieve Mankind of the threat of nuclear War and to ensure peace and fur ther fruitful cooperation Between the  he said. Keagan. At a Swiss reception later in the Day said if Gorbachev feels As strongly As he does then Well end the arms  the president also said when Gorbachev has the strategic defense initiative explained to him hell find la it that can help us in the arms  when a cd if the arms race could be slopped by stand ing by Star wars or giving it up. Reagan replied Well first by slopping calling it Star wars and calling it what it is a defense shield instead of an offensive  . Secretary of stale George Shull. Also at inc reception gave a thumbs up signal when asked what he thought of Gorbachev s remarks. National Security adviser Robert Mcfarland monday see Gorbachev on Page 28 a an court convicts 5 in Achille Lauro hijacking Genoa Italy a a court monday convicted four palestinians and one accomplice charged in the Achille Lauro Hijack ing on charges of illegal arms Possession and handed Down sentences ranging from four to nine years in prison. All five including the accomplice face a trial at a later Date for the More serious charges of kidnapping and murdering an american passenger aboard the italian cruise liner. All the defendants greeted monday s verdicts and sentencing with an outburst of chants. We will defend with our blood and soul our country they chanted in arabic while signalling Victory through the bars of their defendants cages. A panel of three judges convicted the five men after hearing testimony in the morning in the one Day trial that began monday. There was no jury. The judges deliberated for two hours and 20 minutes before announcing the verdicts. The stiffest sentence of nine years plus a Fine of si.700 was Given to Mohammad Issa Abbas identified previously Asmo Hammad Kalaf who was arrested in Genoa carrying false passports Days before the italian ship began its Mediterranean cruise. Italian press reports said he is a Distant Cousin of Mohammad Abbas the Palestine liberation organization official accused by the United states of masterminding the oct. 7 hijacking. The prosecution asked for sentences ranging from 4 a to 9 years. The charges carried a maximum of 12 years imprison ment upon conviction. In statements to police read out in court several defendants said the weapons were brought into Italy by confidants of Moham mad Issa Abbas. The lightest sentence of four years was Given to Ahmad Sarrouf Al Assadi who testified weapons for the attack were brought into Italy by aides to Abbas. He said the four Kalashnikov automatic rifles and eight hand grenades were secreted in a Renault 9 that was brought to Genoa from Tunis Tunisia aboard a ferry. Bassam Al Ashker 19, the youngest of the defendants told the court we arc not terrorists. We arc fighting for our  the four also said they planned a suicide Mission on the israeli port of Ashdod where the Achille Lauro was to Stop. But they said the plan was changed because one of the suspects who was carrying a norwegian passport thought a passenger had discovered he could t speak norwegian. Youssuf Magied a Mol i the self de scribed Leader of the commando group said the  of the Mission was to make a Sui cide Mission on Ashdod until we ran into a problem and were forced to Hijack the  exiled cambodian Leader Lon nol Dies Fullerton Calif. A Lon nol the . Backed general who overthrew cambodian Prince Noro Dom Sihanouk in 1970 and was ousted five years later by the communist Khmer Rouge died in Silc sunday. He was 72. Lon nol whose ouster ushered in the Era of the kill ing Fields recounted in last year s Oscar winning film of the same name died about 10 . At St. Judy s Hospital where he had been admitted that morning nursing super visor Mary Foley said. She said she did not know the cause of death but his son Lon Rith said his father had a Long history of heart trouble and that was believed to have caused his death. Lon nol fled to Hawaii after his regime was toppled in 1975, and lived there until 1979. Since then he his wife and nine children have lived in Orange county. Lon once said he saw no difference Between inc Khmer Rouge and the vietnamese communists who eventually took control in his country. They Are All the same band he said. Lon Nul Lon nol held various army commands and was a provincial governor before becoming defense minister and army chief of staff of the asian country in 1955. He held these positions until 1966, when he became Premier in Sihanouk s government. He became a first vice president in 1967 and then pre Mier in 1969. A year later he led a coup that overthrew Sihanouk and assumed control of the government. He unsuccessfully attempted to suppress communist guerrillas and his efforts sparked civil War. Lon nol temporarily stepped aside in 1971 after suffer ing a stroke but a year later he grabbed control took the title of president and suspended the Constitution. His regime was strongly backed in ils fight against the Khmer Rouge by the United states which was at War in neighbouring Vietnam against communist insurgents and see Lon nol on Page 28