European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday april 11, 1986 kidnapping of Irish banker s wife disclosed Dublin Ireland a three masked gunmen kid napped Jennifer guinness whose husband s family made a Fortune As Brewers and Bankers from her Home outside Dublin and demanded More than $1.5 million for her release police said thursday. Police superintendent Frank Hanlon told a news con Ference police were keeping an open mind about who might be behind the tuesday kidnapping which was Dis closed thursday. But police said earlier the method was similar to pre Vious kidnappings by the outlawed Irish Republican army which is fighting British Rule in Northern Ireland. The kidnapped woman s husband John is a leading merchant banker and member of a guinness family Branch that built up a banking insurance and manufacturing conglomerate guinness peat. Another Branch of his family became famous As Brewers. Hanlon said mrs. Guinness 48, persuaded the gunmen not to also Kidnap her 23-year-old daughter Gillian. Her daughter her husband and an unidentified Book dealer who came to the Home for an appointment were left tied up. Two million pounds $1.53 million or you will never see her again police quoted the kidnappers As telling guinness before fleeing with his wife. Hanlon who Heads the police press Bureau told report ers there has been no Contact with the kidnappers since they fled with mrs. Guinness. Police described the Geta Way car As a Toyota Sedan. Hanlon said 45 detectives backed by hundreds of uni formed police have been assigned to search for the woman and roadblocks have been set up nationwide. He said the gunmen referred to their Leader who spoke with an educated Dublin accent As colonel but there was nothing else in the Demeanour of the intruders to Indi Cate paramilitary links. The kidnappers took a Small undisclosed sum of Money from the guinness Home he said. The ordeal began when the gang forced its Way into the guinness georgian style House in the exclusive Dublin suburb of Baily Howth. The House overlooks Dublin Bay and is set on 12 acres of land. Mrs. Guinness and her daughter were tied usand when the Book dealer arrived to keep an appointment he also was tied up police said. When guinness returned Home from work he tried to grab a gun from one of the intruders but was struck across the face with the firearm and tied up police said. About 2 /2 hours after the gang fled with his wife Guin Ness 50, freed himself and called police who imposed a news blackout that was lifted thursday. Reagan from Page 1 West Berlin nightclub and aboard a Twa jetliner Over Greece. But he said we re continuing with our intelligence work and gathering evidence on these most recent attacks and we re not ready yet to speak on  meanwhile Rogers the supreme Allied military commander in Europe said he has indisputable evidence that the nightclub explosion which killed an american ser Geant and wounded 50 other servicemen was the work of a worldwide network of terrorists set up by khad Afy. I can t Tell you How we get it but the evidence is there he told an audience in Atlanta. Rogers said that a worldwide net work of terrorists set up by khad Afy car ried out the bombing at a nightclub in West Berlin where an american army sergeant was killed and some 50 gis were wounded saturday night. The general said . Officials Learned of the impending attack on saturday and were trying to warn off duty soldiers at gather ing spots in West Berlin when the blast occurred at the la Belle club. We were about 15 minutes too late Rogers said. Rogers also said France s recent expulsion of two libyan diplomats May have pre vented a terrorist attack on . Ambassador to France Joe Rodgers. I think you la find the press releasing the fact within a few Days that the libyans had in fact been party to a plan to terrorize the american ambassador in Carrier from Page 1 a six month deployment and sail for the United states. But the Coral sea and the America which had been scheduled to sail from Livorno Italy for Cannes France were Given new orders officials said wednesday. Military commanders say they must have at least two carriers in the Mediterranean to support any military operation against Libya the sources said. On wednesday the sources said options Are now being maintained to re form a Battle group and head for stations off the libyan coast. In Tripoli Libya khad Afy said Libya is prepared to respond militarily to american  he also said two groups the Arab National command forces and the International platform against imperialism and zionism Are awaiting his command to begin attacking . Targets around the world. We have just finished making military plans for confrontation in response to the latest american threats against us Kha Day told 10 Western reporters wednesday after he emerged from a meeting with libyan military commanders in his fortified. Bunker. So far we have not instructed such actions such attacks khad Afy said. But he said he would Issue the order in the event of aggression against Libya by the United states which he called a crazy super pow  the Pentagon for its part refused most of the Day to discuss the status of the car Rier Coral sea although Pentagon sources disclosed Early wednesday that the ship had been told to scrap its plans to return Home and remain in port. Finally on wednesday night the Penta gon issued a prepared statement confirming the Coral sea would not be sailing for the United states anytime soon. The Coral sea Battle group which was scheduled to end its routine deployment to the Mediterranean shortly has been extended for an indefinite period to maintain the existing naval presence in the Mediterranean the defense department said. The Pentagon refused to elaborate fur ther on the decision saying Only the de sense department wanted to maintain a larger naval presence than would be provided by the Carrier America Battle group  it has become Clear Over the past 24 hours that we re going to keep our options open for the moment by keeping two carriers Over there said one source. If a military strike is ordered sources said the Navy will have a total of 21 com Bat ships at its disposal including the two carriers and five amphibious Landing ships filled with marines. The sources stressed however the Marine task Force was not part of the Pentagon s contingency plan Ning. That would leave the Navy with 16 com Bat ships to form a new Battle group. While that is far smaller than the 27-ship Force that challenged khad Afy s line of death in the Gulf of Sidra two weeks ago the key is having two carriers instead of just one said one source. The 6th Fleet had three carriers operating together late last month during Maneu vers in the Gulf of Sidra off Libya s coast. But the third Carrier in that group the Saratoga left Spain on sunday for Home to Complete an almost eight month deploy ment. Crashes from Page 1 pending notification of relatives. Capt. Thomas Nixon said the crash site is near the Range control building. Control lers there have radio Contact with helicopters but Nixon said there was no immedi ate indication that soldiers on either helicopter had reported problems. The Chinook can transport More than 30 soldiers or haul heavy cargo inside or Slung underneath. The cobra which carries Only two Crew men is a missile carrying gunship primarily used in anti tank fighting. Arnold said the army has not experienced problems with either helicopter. The army grounded its Chinook d Model helicopters last year after an Accident that injured eight soldiers in Honduras but the grounding was lifted after six weeks when the Accident was blamed on human error. Fort Stewart comprises 280,000 acres and is the Home of More than 14,000 serv ice members including the 24th inf. Div. Discos from Page 1 restaurant association said association members were understandably nervous in the Wake of the bombing but that barring americans was not a solution. I m quite sure that never Ever would a Berlin restaurant owner or a disco owner put a thing like that in their windows Weller Mayer said referring to the sign Pic tured in the associated press photo. Most of the roughly 3,500 Berlin restau rants hotels and clubs Large enough to employ outside help Are members of the association Weller Mayer said. I have no fear said Notis Pantekas owner of the big Apple Flash dance space Estasa and Linie Treu clubs. The Ameri cans can come to my places any time. They Are my Best customers particularly the Black  most of the 80 americans injured when a bomb exploded in the la Belle were Black service members. Pantekas said the big Apple and Flash dance attract Many americans. As Many As 3,000 people pass through the doors of the big Apple on a weekend night and the Flash dance handles even More he said. He said he has increased Security at his clubs. Of the 230 people injured in the bomb ing 51 remained hospitalized thursday a Berlin police spokesman said. Medical officials said the patients conditions remained unchanged. Investigators continued to sift through nearly 200 tips some of which were inter Esting but none of which could be termed a solid Lead the police spokesman said. The German red Cross issued a Call for blood donations this week after it experienced a 25 percent increase in the amount of fresh blood it normally supplies to Berlin hospitals. Paris Rogers said wednesday night. Rogers remarks came during a question and answer session after a speech at the private Brandon Hall school in suburban Atlanta. He addressed 650 students and faculty members from Brandon Hall and 33 other schools. The two libyan diplomats expelled were members of the libyan people s Bureau in Paris which has embassy status. The diplomats were asked saturday by French authorities to leave the country. Authorities said the pair had been in Contact with people believed to be planning attacks against american citizens and property in Europe. The Atlanta Constitution quoted an unidentified state department spokesman As saying he would have no specific com ment on Rogers remarks. At the White House presidential spokes Man Larry Speakes told reporters i will have absolutely nothing to say on khad Afy or Libya  he refused to answer any further questions about the matter or to say How Long his informal blackout might last. Asked if his refusal to discuss the Issue might indicate an attack is imminent Speakes said no  temperature april 9 l 38 43 7 47 44 42 40 49 40 40 34 38 62 41 36 38 34 55 39 33 36 -12 27 31 70 60 39 65 34 50 h 50 69 24 60 58 55 67 66 64 52 39 44 68 42 52 46 38 65 59 60 40 16 60 53 77 67 53 73 63 80 Albany Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic Civ Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Buffalo Burlington Charleston s. C. Charleston w. A. Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas i. 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