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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, September 18, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday september 18,1966 French offer Reward for terror suspects Paris up the Interior ministry wednesday offered a million franc about $154.000 Reward for information leading to the arrests of two lebanese men wanted in bombings that have killed three people and wounded 112 in inc past week. The ministry made the ofter for information on Maurice Ibrahim Abdallah 23, and Robert Ibrahim Abdallah 20, the Brothers of Georges Ibrahim Abdal Lah a leftist lebanese guerrilla whose release is being sought by an Arab group claiming responsibility for a series of bomb blasts in Paris. Posters with photographs of the Brothers detailing the offer and giving phone numbers to Call were going up across France wednesday. The appear said the Reward will be paid for inform lion leading to the arc so of the two Abdallas or other people involved in the bombings. The offer was believed 10 be the first time such an Appeal has been made to French citizens. A spokeswoman for the Interior ministry said police have reason to believe the Abdallas members of the lebanese armed revolutionary faction Are in France. They were last seen in France and have disappeared and we Don t know where they arc she said. Police stepped up Security around president fran Cois Mitterrand s Ely secs Palace tuesday following threat by the committee of Solidarity with Arab and Middle Eastern political prisoners the group claiming responsibility for the bombings to make the Palace ils next target. We will soon destroy the Wall surrounding the pal Ace of King Mitterrand. Our arms Are very Long behave proved it and we will prove it again real soon said a written statement from the group delivered to a Western news Agency in Beirut. Mitterrand is in Indonesia on a stale visit. Police reduced traffic in front of the Palace to one Lane during the Day and blocked it at night. The sidewalk in front of Fth Palace was closed to pedestrians. Security police patrolled Street Comers train and subway stations airports Heaters department stores and other heavily frequented Public places in efforts to prevent More bombings. Hundreds of soldiers were on patrol along France s Borders with her neighbors and careful identity checks were being conducted at crossing Points. The committee of Solidarity with Arab and Middle Eastern political prisoners and a sister group the partisans for right and Liberty have claimed responsibility for 10 bombings that have kilted five people and wounded 196 others since last december. Three people have been killed and 112 wounded i four bombings since the group renewed ils bombing Campaign sept. 8 after a summertime Lull. The partisans group in a Call to a Western news Agency in Beirut claimed responsibility for an explosion at a restaurant tuesday night which police said was the result of an electrical transformer problem. Foreigners from countries other than the european Community and Switzerland were forced to Wail in Longcr than Normal lines at Charles de Gaulle and orly airports for entry visas required under new anti terror ism measures announced sunday by prime minister Jacques Chirac. Officials said 2,000 visas were issued tuesday at Charles de Gaulle alone. Visas can be obtained at the airports for the next two weeks and after that foreign ers must gel them at inc French embassy or consulate in the country from which they Are leaving. The measure will be in Force at least is months. Navy from Page 1 rotary Caspar w. Weinberger that a House plan to require the armed forces to Seal . Borders against drug smugglers was impractical and dangerous from a constitutional standpoint. Without severe restrictions on the existing free flow of private aircraft and boats moving across . Borders. I would say in s an impossible Job Cox said. As for the civilian drug testing the Pentagon had cleared the Way for the program sail year Well in Advance of Reagan s decision to apply such testing to Federal workers in sensitive jobs. The army finished identifying civilian jobs that would be affected earlier this year and began drug testing in february. Some 10,000 army civilian workers Are subject to urinalysis testing which has been challenged by an employee Union in court. Cox said the Navy list of jobs affected by testing has been Complete and the air Force plan will soon follow. La col. Pete Wyro a Pentagon spokesman said the Navy plan will affect roughly 50 to of the service s More than 340,000 civilian workers. The Navy declined to immediately release its list of critical jobs. Neither Wyro nor the Navy could immediately explain Why the Navy s pro Gram would include so Many More work ers than the army s. Cox said the Pentagon Mil work with the department of education to develop a program for the defense department school system which is the nation s 10thlargest, with 290 schools in 20 countries and More than 190,000 students. The Pentagon also said the . Mili tary Effort to mister drug raids in Bolivia will be extended beyond the original scheduled two months. The bolivian government has asked that the contingent of 160 . Soldiers and six helicopters remain for an unspecified period to support police raid against cocaine laboratories Cox said. That operation has been so successful that the government of Bolivia has asked us to stay past the original Lime and we have agreed to do so Fie said. We arc not saying How Long we re going to stay. But we arc announcing today that we have agreed Wilh the government of Bolivia to stay longer bolivian officials were quoted in Lapaz last month As saying the .-sup ported drug raids there had disrupted 90percent of the country s cocaine Trade and thai Bolivia would ask them to stay longer. The helicopters were sent to Boliva on july 14 Al inc request of the bolivian government to provide Airlift service to police agents mounting raids against inspected cocaine laboratories in the Tropi Cal Beni Flatland. Pentagon from Page 1 have additional legislation. But Goldwater said thing like notre Dame. Marine corps Al  the legislation the i Pentagon bureaucracy inthe committee like joint c the four uniformed Servi now help guide military pc by. It makes the chairman the president now a Joii group and creates the pos the existing system he cause the advice it provi becomes lowest commit and its budget proposals Odiose of wish fists from the the measure also give commanders across the w would t worry about sweeping overhaul of the Imol 40 years focuses on its of staff the Heads of is and a chairman who in chief military adviser to Effort of the five member of vice chairman. Been sharply criticized be is critics have contended denominator positions be reflected the most Gran services. New authority to the 10 . Id who Are responsible for la la la a la hmm a a mme hostages threatened at Brasilia prison Brasilia Brazil up twelve armed inmates took 1s hostages at Papua prison out Side Brasilia tuesday and vowed to hurl on captive each hour from a second Story window unless authorities provided getaway cars. About four hours later police 500 Milts Southwest of the capital in the town of president Venceslau shot their Way into a maximum Secu Rity prison where inmates were holding 14 Gaso line soaked hostages. Eleven inmates were killed and All their captives were saved. At the Papua prison outside Brasilia a hostage who identified herself Only As Adriana told a radio station that the inmates were holding a psychologist four teachers and 10 prison officials. Directing military operations in their area should a conflict break out currently they must fight using the variety of serv ice units in their command. Bui those service com Manders often follow the orders of their service chiefs rather than those of the area Comnas the Iran and Grenada efforts. The Bill also merges some of the civilian and Mili tary positions in the three military departments army Navy and air Force. Al the moment each department has two staffs one military and one civilian often working on the same issues. 1 More command authority Over the forces they must use to tight Battles. The Bill also would create a new speciality Tor Mili tary officers the joint speciality to develop a corps of officers Well versed in joint service operations such ing authority which gives that service jurisdiction naval reconnaissance anti submarine warfare an shipping Protection a provision the Navy could use to argue that its units were Busy with other tasks and could Noi come under a unified commander. Kennedy from Page 1 he was congratulated by his Uncle. Sen. Edward m. Kennedy who said he wished Young Joe a father could have attended the Celebration. My Only regret perhaps is that someone who Wouldhave shared such a Joy with him is not Here someone who would have been so proud of him As i am and All the members of our family Are. And that is his father and he would be proud of Joe As All of us arc the senator said. Bachrach whose Battles with Kennedy grew bitter in the closing weeks conceded Early saying Joe Kennedy deserves this Victory and i called him and told him  Kennedy benefited from a late televised endorse ment by . House speaker Thomas p. O Neill or. Who is retiring from the District after 17 terms. O Neill first won the seat when John f. Kennedy relinquished it to run for Senate. I m very pleased that Young Joe Kennedy is going to Lake my seat o Neill told a news conference in Washington. I look his Uncle s place. 1 never for one minute thought that Joe was going to  Massachusetts republicans meanwhile found themselves in disarray As they tried to choose a Candi Date for governor. George Kariotis launched a write i Campaign and the two other candidates state rep. Royall Switzler and Gregory Hyatt dropped out too late to get off the ballot but promised to decline the nomination if they won. With 62 percent of precincts reporting Hyatt led with 17,389 votes or 49 percent Swisler had 11,746votes, or 33 percent and Kariotis had 6,257 votes or 18 percent definitive results were not Likely until very late because of the delay in counting write in Voles. Popular democratic gov. Michael Dukakis bad no primary opposition. In Oklahoma with All precincts reporting Walters had 235,294 votes or about 50 percent and attorney general Mike Turpen had 232,122 votes also about 50 percent. Waller had been the Surprise Leader in the six Way aug. 26 primary with Turpen finishing 30,000 Voles behind. The Winner will face Republican Henry Bellmon a former governor and senator for the Job currently held by democratic gov. George nigh who is barred by slate Law from seeking a third consecutive term. In Washington where voters do not Register by party the main question was How Strong a showing Adams would make. He and political insiders said the Democrat s fund raising efforts already lagging behind Gorton s by a three to one margin would suffer unless he polled 40 percent of the total Vole. Cent burying challengers James Stokes of fort or Chard Rand Ray Hooban of Aberdeen George Holzner Orin Osborne and Oman Tahir Garrett All Seattle. Holtzner is a Follower of political extra Milf Lyndon Larouche. Gorton led the gop Field with 22,171 votes or 94percent, leaving behind Ted Parker fix of Tacoma Paul Santos of port Orchard and George Campbell of Seattle  
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