European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 29 the stars and stripes monday March 1988 attempts stepped up to Rescue hostage briton Beirut Lebanon a of tools were slipped up sunday to Rescue a kidnapped briton in South Lebanon s pod of Sidon arid senior shiite sources said an . Marine officer is unlikely la be treed soon. Aides to Sidan s sunni moslem militia Leader mus Fata Saadi said he is intensifying pressure on a Palestin Ian guerrilla group cd by Abu Nidal to free Peter Cole Ridge 44, of the British Oxnam Relief organization and his syrian aide. Omar Trabulsi 31.police accused Abu n Idal s Fatah Council of holding he pair at Sidon s sprawling Ein Al Hilch refugee Camp do spill Public denials by the faction Coleridge and Traboulsi were kidnapped thursday during a visit id inspect Oxnam operations in Sidon 25miles South of Beirut. Saad whose Nas Serite militia controls Sidon hat threatened to reconsider his Alliance Wilh the palestini an if Coleridge and Traboulsi arc not quickly re leased. Meanwhile shiite sources in Beirut said they be Lieve kidnapped . Marine la. Col. William r. Hig gites has joined the club or hostages in to Rescue him in the foreseeable future arc dead said one source. Higgins is now part of the hostages club under Iran s i ins 44. Who served with a . Observer group in South Lebanon was kidnapped near the ancient port City of Tyre on feb. 17.a pro iranian group the organization of the oppressed on Earth has claimed responsibility for Bis abduction charging Hal he was a spy for the Cia official from the United nations and United stale shave denied the charge. Mining briton Peter Coleridge 4 arabs shot in West Bank riots front press dispatches israeli soldiers shot and wounded Ai least four palestinians during clashes sunday in the occupied West Bank and troops broke into a Hospital in Ilie occupied Gata is rip to arrest Stone throwers. Jewish settlers damaged Arab owned cars in Bethle hem and Hebron saturday night israeli radio said. The most seriously wounded in sunday rioting Wasa palestinian Man who was shot during a protest at the Askar refugee Camp on the outskirts of Nablus 40miles North of Jerusalem the army said. In a related development the new York times re ported saturday that former Secretary of slate Henry Kissinger had privately urged thai Israel forbid new coverage a la South Africa of the palestinian uprising in occupied territories. Kissinger also said Israel should give up some of Theata strip and West Bank lands seized during the 1967 six Day War but he urged Israel to use As much Force of necessary against palestinians rioting in the Terri tories the times reported Kissinger told . Jew ish Leaden at an off the record breakfast in Early february. Israel should bar the Media from entry into the territories involved in the present demonstrations acpt the Short term criticism of the world press for such conduct and Pul Down the insurrection As Quick Lyas possible overwhelmingly brutally and rapidly Kissinger was paraphrased As saying in a memorandum from one of about eight people at the breakfast Kissinger told the jewish leaders at the table to re Frain from criticizing Israel for in in icons in the occupied territories where israeli fro Tutt have killed at least so Arab demonstrators since jew Cembor often Rock throwing youths whose Aclei ised beatings provoke expressions of outrage staunch jewish sup porters. X the confidential of no by Julius Herman a former chairman of the conference of presidents of major american jewish organizations said Kissinger targeted video conf the of flip violence saying the first Stag should a to throw out television a la South Afri Kissinger who was Secretary of stale under presi dents Nixon and Ford told the times he did not deny making the remarks but insisted thai hit proposals for excluding the press were Only a Small part of his talk on an israeli peacemaking strategy and a Middle East peace conference which he adviser against. Bush from Page 1 would win Here. Instead the results suggest his popu Larity might be waning even among ins Core constituency. Robertson congratulated Bush on a really magnificent Victory Ana sounded a note of disappointment when he said Tor belter or for worse this is Ray first political Campaign. I be never run for anything in my life he added. I m extremely optimistic. It looks pretty Good the rest of the , Rush is leading in polls throughout the Region with Robertson not favored to win any of the super tuesday slates. Abc polling showed that 36 percent of the voter described themselves As bom again christians and flush and Robertson each got support from a third of them. In South Dakota and new Hampshire primaries said Abc the former television evangelist got half thebom again vote More than any rival. Seven percent of those surveyed told Abc they were generally democrats and they preferred Dole to any of the other republicans. Only 1 percent of the Sample said they were . In Wyoming republicans and democrats began selecting convention delegations. Sen. Albert Gore or. Of Tennessee and gov Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts won four democratic delegates each while rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri got three. Two others Wen uncommitted. In the Republican caucuses where 12 delegates were being allotted. Dole won four Bush won three one was Buncom Milieu and tour were to be results from South Carolina and Wyoming the associated press Delegate count gave Bush 125, Dole�4, Kemp 35. And Robertson b. A total of 712 delegates will be at stake on tuesday More than half of the 1,119 needed for the gop nomination. South Carolina gov. Carroll Campbell Bush Southern Campaign chairman cheered Bush s Victory and said he s the Man who has the Moil experience the most qualifications. The voters like Ronald Rea Gan. George Bush stood by him. They like loyalty Robertson who has yet to win a Republican Pri Mary made South Carolina a test of strength when he said after the new Hampshire primary "1m throwing the Gauntlet Down to Bob Dole and George Bush South Carolina is the first super tuesday slate and i m going to beat you there 2 protesters show up at Rattlesnake Roundup Taylor Texas a two men protesting an annual Rattlesnake Roundup padlock it them selves to a Fence in a City annual event in this town 25 Miles North East of Austin includes a Snake sacking contest demonstrations by Snake handlers cooked Rattlesnake and first Aid Neal Tuttrup and Andy Mccauley. Both of Austin released themselves after police destroyed i hair signs Bill ignored them East Berlin authorities arrest several activists Berlin a East Berlin Security official arrested several activists sunday following a Church service attended by about 200 people who have been denied permission to leave the communist country witnesses on sunday. Lutheran Church sources said about 200 East German activists were rounded up last week but most had since been released. . Helicopters evade machine gun barrage Manama Bahrain a . Helicopter Drew machine gun fire from an Oil platform and some unidentified Small boats in the Central per Sian Gulf sunday . Officials said. The air Craft took evasive action and did not return the fire they said. The incident occurred about 25 hour after . Warship on patrol duty farther Norelli Laid Down a barrage of gunfire at two radar contacts believed to be iranian speedboats moving to Ward one of the Navy s offshore Supply barges. Express train derailment in China kills 90, injures 66 66. The official Xinhua news Agency was China s sixth major transportation Acci Dent in two week with a total of 265 people killed. The no. So Kunming Shanghai special express was derailed and overturned Between i eau and eng Piacun stations. Wreaths memorialize victims of ferry disaster Zee Mugge Belgium a tearful an distraught survivors sailed Back sunday to the spot where the Herald of free Enterprise Cap sued and they dropped wreaths on the water for the 193 people who died in the ferry disaster year ago. In a Brief ferry voyage organized by p and of the owners of the Herald of free Enterprise survivor and relatives of the dead dropped Doz ens of wreaths onto the Choppy sea. Death toll rises to 23 in French plane plunge Paris a the death toll from the crash of a commuter Airliner near the French capital prop aircraft. Vatican was ready to pay Ransom Magazine reports Rome a the Vatican was ready to Paya Ransom to free former Premier Aldo Moro from his red brigades kidnappers and Pope Paul i had made Contact with the leftist terrorist group an italian weekly Magazine is reported. Severn italian newspapers on sunday ran in a crts from Advance copies of an interview in Panorama Magazine with foreign minister Giu Lio andr Coli As the 10th anniversary of the kid napping approaches
