European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday september 10. 19b6 the stars and stripes Arab takes Over italian consulate Cairo pistol wielder frees hostages surrenders Cairo Egypt map an Arab with a pistol took Over the italian consulate tuesday and held the Consul and three co workers hostage for two hours before sur rendering to egyptian commandos. The Man icel the downtown consulate building sur rounded by several armed egyptian soldiers. He was put into an armoured car and driven away. One of he commandos who refused to give his name said we did t have 10 overpower him. He just gave himself Ugo Colombo second Secretary at the italian embassy said the Man. Apparently an egyptian was affected by mental illness. Mentally deranged and said that the incident had no political overtones. There apparently were no shots fired in the i . Takeover and there was no indication that Consul Francesco Ercolano or his colleagues were injured. The consulate which is separate from the italian embassy in Cairo is in a downtown business area. Early in the standoff two egyptian commandos were reported to be inside the consulate and two a Mored personnel carriers and an ambulance were Wail ing outside. The Street was blocked and police sur rounded the building. When 1 spoke to the Man he wanted to speak to our charge d affaires Colombo told the associated press. The charge said the Man spoke without Coher it seems he is an egyptian who used to work in Italy said a senior police official at the scene. He said authorities from Egypt s Interior ministry negotiated by Telephone with the Man. Other Security sources said the Man was a former restaurant Cook who apparently was upset because his Boss failed to pay him Money he said was owed him. In Rome an italian foreign ministry official said was hospitalized for psychiatric disorders. W photo italian consulate employee Glanco Barbieri right appear with three leg Julian friends on the consulate s Balcony after an Arab who had held him and three others hostage at the consulate in Cairo Egypt surrendered. We Are going to get Tough Pinochet says Santiago Chile a president Augusto Pinochet slightly injured m an assassination attempt attended the Fune ral tuesday of five slain bodyguards after threatening to jail or expel human rights activists in a fresh Campaign against leftists. We Are going to gel Tough Pinochet told fellow generals who visited him monday to express their support. Those people talking about human rights and ail those things must be Cape fled from the country or locked police reported that 16 people have been arrested on orders from the Inlet for minister under the slate of siege decreed sunday night after guerrillas ambushed a presidential motorcade with machine guns rockets and grenades. Ten of Pino Chet s bodyguards were wounded. Al least three More opponents of the 13-Ycar-old regime Are being sought lice said. The 70-year-old Pinochet wearing his five Star general uniform was accompanied during the funeral at the National military Academy by inc nation s lop civilian and military authorities. Pinochet the army commander and strongman of the ruling four Man Junta presented posthumous decorations to relatives of the slain army and police officers. Police announced the release of two american roman Catholic missionary priests arrested monday during raids on leftist neighbourhoods of Santiago stems. Three French priests and a chilean priest remained jailed. The two americans were identified As inc Rev. Thomas Henahan and the Rev. Terry Cambias. Pinochet suffered cuts on his left hand in the attack on his build proof Mer cedes Benz but he had discarded his Bandage by monday. He appeared Calm in a series of interviews and speeches shown on hate television. I am ready to give my life for the Freedom of my country Pinochet told the generals. And if we Don t act this Way we Are going to lose our Freedom and we arc going to be thrown on the russian bandwagon and become a rus Sian Colony in South the War against marxism is on Pinochet said. The War is going to Start from our on monday the government closed sin opposition magazines and banned Dis patches from Chile by the Reuters news Agency. Monday s dragnet tailed to turn up any suspects in the attack. Inc first re ported attempt on Pinochet s life since lie look Power from the late marxist president Salvador Allendc in a sept. Ii. 1973 coup. Soldiers and police supported by Heli copters continued their search in the Maine Canyon is Miles Southeast of Santiago where the ambush occurred. Pinochet was expected to Mike a major political speech at a pro govern ment rally later tuesday in Saniiago s main Boulevard across from the presidential Palace. The state of siege decreed by Chile s ruling four Man military Junta empowers the government to hold prisoners in secret locations tap telephones and open mail. It suspends judicial Powers to re View press censorship and establishes bans on Public gatherings. Heidelberg elementary using portable restrooms by Daryl Green Sun writer Heidelberg fewer students ask to go to the restroom at Heidelberg elementary school i desc Days since a project forced them to use portable restrooms outside. Portable restrooms just outside the 32-year-old school accommodate Ine nearly 45,0 students and members of the Heidelberg Community have donated bottles of drinking water for the classrooms. Although the plumbing in the school has t failed it s being replaced because its life expectancy was Mariner end said a. Col Cecil o. Lector com Munith director of engineering and housing we try lop them replaced before pm fall Urc lock car Scipio. The 170,000 project began july 21 and was to be finished before Etna beginning of the school year but ran into design delays lock car said. New estimates Call for completion of the project which mud upgrading of the facilities to accommodate wheelchairs during the finl week of november. Jan Rucker a fifth Grade teacher said students Are asking to be excused less. She called the situation terribly inconvenient. We try to encourage children to use the bathroom before coming to school. Huge Mcnally there s no Way these portable facilities can accommodate 4so students trying to Wash for with Little ones when they have logo they have to go said kindergarten teacher Marigol Elliott. Unlike the older students who arc belter Able to regulate their restroom habits the younger students don1 seem to be Able to keep to a schedule. My initial reaction when told there would be no water m he school was one of horror principal Joan Wilcox said. All i could see was this school with 500 students and no her first thought was to use the restrooms available at the adjoining High school. But she decided logo with the portable toilets which were offered As part of the contract. While accepting the situation students and teachers agree it s inconvenient. I think ii i Reily poor especially for the younger ones but we would t want to delay school until no vember said Eleanor Fuller a guidance Counselor at the school. Teachers and children Are coping. It s a necessary evil. We need new bathrooms and we need to go to kindergarten teacher Elfriede Tompkins said not having water causes other problems. I can t Start painting and Clay work because there s no water in the room Tompkins said. It seems the children Are taking it All in stride. The children were probably the quickest to Wilcox said. Lesl Anria Spaht a second Grade student said the temporary facilities arc Fine and there s no bother with having to leave the building. Her classmate Heather Hardin echoed her comments. It does t matter a bathroom s a bathroom Heather said
