European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 i i the stars and stripes tuesday november 11.1986 saboteurs strike Iceland whale Plant Reykjavik Iceland a ice land s Only Plant where whale meal is processed was seriously damaged by saboteurs in an attack believed linked to the scuttling of two icelandic whaling boat by a . Environmental group police said monday. The quack on the station about 50miles from Reykjavik was discovered monday morning when employees arrived for work. The Plant s computer sys tem and the machinery used to process All of Iceland s whale meat were destroyed. Helgi Jonsson spokesman Tor Valur the Plant s owner said it appealed saboteurs used Sledge hammers. Police said the attack appeared Mohave been carried out by the same people who opened the Bottom valves on the whaling boats Valur 6 and Valur 7,around 2 . Sunday in Reykjavik har Bor when no Crew members were  injuries were reported. The los Angeles based sea Shepherd conservation society said it carried out the attacks on the vessels. Its Leader Paul Watson said in interviews with icelandic state radio and television that a Tea from his organization Sank the 430-ton boats because the icelanders were Hunt ing whales illegally environmentalists accuse the icelandic government of using scientific pre tenses As a cover for commercial whal ing. Iceland agreed to abide by an International whaling commission decision to cease whaling from 1986 to 1990. Al though commercial whaling stopped the government permits the Valur whaling co to carry out scientific whaling in co operation with the National oceanic re search Institute. The company which has two other boats is allowed to catch 200 whales a year under a plan to document the num Bers of whales last August icelandic and . Officials reached a Compromise providing that half the meal resulting from the whaling be consumed by icelanders. In the past 90 percent of the meat was sol abroad nearly All of it to Japan. Watson 36, said a sea Shepherd Tea went to Iceland several Days ago and patrolled the Harbor watching for an Opportunity to sink the vessels. As we Don t want to cause bodily harm we therefore prepared the act very carefully he said. Our team was Given instruction not to cause injuries and therefore explosives were out of the  would not specify How Many people took part in the operation an said the team had left Iceland. The sea Shepherd group was founded by Watson in 1977 when he was expelled from the Greenpeace environmental group based in Vancouver British co Lumbia. No reason was Given for the expulsion. The team has a history of harassing groups Bunting whales stall and dolphins. In 1980, the Crew of the 200-Foollea Shepherd boat claimed responsibility for sinking two whaling ships in Vigo Spain with magnetic mines. No one was injured. Trial officials plane wreck Fragua a the trial of Eugene Hasenfus moved Southern nicaraguan Jun apply plane that was carry 1l anted by the president Ofil that is trying him on a and by defense and prosecuted by helicopter to the Iun the of the Costa Ricanor at Tomey Enrique Soldo a group returned to Man Trinette wis., says he waste c-123 plane that was ammunition to ,-backed Hasenfuss tour site Managua captured americ a newly sunday Topie where the Rcpt ing him was shot c1 Hasenfus Aycothe people s trib charge of terrorism lion attorneys tra Glt site 30 Miles a Der said defend Borgon the lawyer Sai Lagua later in the a Hasenfus 45, of cargo handler t carrying arms an Contra rebels. Lundberg Survey shows slight drop in Gas prices los Angeles a gasoline prices have stabilized in the past two weeks with the aver age Price at the pump dropping Only a fraction of a cent the nationwide Lundberg Survey of 15,000 Gas stations showed sunday. The average Price of gasoline of All Grade Friday was 84.63 cents per gallon tax included compared to an average of 84.73 cents on oct24, said Trilby Lundberg publisher of the twice monthly Survey. The drop was Only a tiny portion of i Cen per gallon which was expected due to wholesale trends the past two weeks Lundberg Savov the Price decline has slowed and May now be halt ing the 30-Siate Survey showed the average self service Price of regular leaded gasoline was 71.s6 cents a gallon. Regular unleaded was76.56 cents and Premium unleaded was 91.13 menu. . State Board to decide Winner if House race Greensboro . A rep. Howar Coble , was certified saturday by a third county elect Ais Board As the Winner Over democratic chamber Robin Britt. And the matter now goes to initiate Board of elections. The Gulf do county Board of election voted 2-1 Lor i Brill s request for a re count and to certify the election. Unofficial total showed Coble winning with 72,409 votes to Brilt i 72,317_dtes, in the three county 6thcongressional of strict. The Amanci county Board of elections on thursday rejected Brit i request for a re count is did the Davids la county elections Board on Friday. In both equities Brilt i attorneys gave notice of Appeal. Dream homecoming9 comes for Jacob in in Ca i Fornier Santa Ana Calif. Fon Cobden hugged and kissed other relatives As he resume could Only dream about w terrorists for 17 months. Hostage David year old father Andl Faith in god has made this Day a Jacobsen was abducted May 28  85, and he was a reunion he noted Hev freed nov. 2 in Beirut. He was Jaet sunday by Abou Tese 20 family members and Friend who held red while that read Welcome being held by lebanese v and Blue balloons and a Jacob Jacobsen was in filing sunday at the Steps if \ Uncle David. We love a the private Jet that Bro tight his 55-year-old son from. In nearby Huntingto Beach where Jacobsen lived Washington . They bugged for a Long Lime before Dor Many years and of fire his son Eric still lives yellow the former hostage firoved on to his Sisters and other ribbons were tied of Trees. Banners on schools end relatives gathered on the Tarmac at John Wayn of Church is Welcon Eia his return. Orange county sport. A Jacobsen his three grown children who had flown to dreams of this Homecoming kept me going j a Kneel him Ijar Germany two Sisters his father and Ole Robsen who Jerore an american Flag on his Lapel toy relatives Tafjen left for the party at the Altadena Home of reporters Wen the greetings were Over. His sister Carla Forbes. Shevardnadze assails . Offers Moscow a foreign minister Eduard a Shevardnadze monday accused the United Stales of trying to Back away from agreements reached i Ihei Celand Summit and called . Proposals on arms controls a political theater of the , who last week met with . Secre tary of state George p. Shultz in Vienna Austria Reite rated the Kremlin View of what was agreed when soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev met president Reagan in Iceland last month. At a news conference for soviet and foreign report in the foreign minister insisted that the two leaders agreed to eliminate All strategic nuclear weapons in Ihen ext 10 Yean. The White House has said Reagan agreed Only to Putall strategic nuclear weapons by 50 percent in the next five years and to eliminate All ballistic missiles in the next decade. The soviet foreign minister again attacked the United slates for refusing to curb research and testing on Star wars the . Research program to develop apace based Ami missile defense. Shevardnadze said he went to Vienna to find out whether the United states was prepared to continue the work begun in Reykjavik Iceland. Asked whether Progress was made in Vienna Shevardnadze said he considered his talks with Shultz t step backward. Shevardnadze warned that the United Stales is Seton confrontation and the Primacy of  the main purpose of the Vienna meeting was to Clear up confusion on what exactly bad been agreed during the mid october Summit Between president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Shevardnadze said he had presented a draft Frame work agreement on arms control to Shultz in Vienna which would have been passed on to their Leaden for signing if the Secretary of state had agreed. However the two Day Vienna meeting ended with Bot sides expressing bitterness and pronouncing it a failure. Sanction from papa 1 spite an announcement ear syrian group in Beirut Lef three French hostage Goodwill. Britain broke dipl Tine Day by a proi7thal it would release 48 hours As an act of in relations with Syria on Loti Isi Havit uj4.bh we convicted in the jetliner plot p Hindawi to Syria. Foreign minister met two weeks they stopped Ikon of supporting to break diplomatic relation Wil Finot agree to recall their  oct. 24 after him and court Testi when eur ago in Yuem Britain Syria and front Syrl. Britain dropped its proposal for m recall foam butt Don a monday s meeting in London and pushed it fibr the limited package of Lancona. Free from Page 1 accused the West of engineering an attack against Syria an said we declare in the name of the revolutionary Justice organization that we consider these anti syrian threats a directed to fam a. Wahall confront them the statement Taid the release of the frenchmen would be a Goodwill gesture to nuke european nations apply pressure on their Ove Nugenta. Nineteen foreigners Are missing in Lebanon , eight frenchmen two Britoni one irishman one italian and one South korean. The americans held by revolutionary Justice a Tjoseph James i Depto 56, awing corny trober it the american University in Beirut and Edward aus Tracy 55, a set Deuribe writer. J other frenchmen abducted in of Branap Are Canon 62, the French emmy View annul in Marcel Fontaine 45, an a Robay protocol Jean Paul Kauffmann 43. A French journalist Seurat 38, a French academic researcher and on March 5, islamic jihad Wither Sinito Morion group believed Loyal to inn Culaw Seurat waa a  no body has been found