European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday december 19,1939 . Vows to keep close tabs on Plo Washington a Reagan administration officials facing harsh israeli criticism Over the new .-Plo Dia Togus said sunday that they will Monitor whether the Plo honors its pledge to refrain from terrorism. While acknowledging that Palestine liberation organization Leader Yasser Arafat does not control All palestinian factions that May engage in terrorism assistant Secretary of state Richard Murphy said . Officials have our sources we have our Means of deter mining whether Arafat keeps his word. We arc going to take these things on a Casc by Case basis. The president has made it Plain we can t sustain this Dia Logue if terrorism continues Murphy said on the Abc to s this week with David  National Security adviser Colin pow news briefs Ell appearing on another sunday television program said the United Stales will be watching their performance on terrorism very very  if we Sec an act of terrorism and it can be traced Back to the Flo leadership. Then clearly they will be breaking their  Powell said on Abc to s meet the  but of course Vio Lence is a Way of life in the Middle East regrettably. And it in t Clear thai every act of violence or every terrorist incident can be traced Back la the Plo. But it is something we will be watching very  Benjamin Netanyahu a member of the israeli Knesset and former israeli ambassador to the United nations complained that the United states did not consult with its ally before making he decision wednesday Netanyahu called the move a sur prise at a very late hour in the night he warned that the decision will Strain .-israeli relations and said the com plete Trust that Israel had shared with the United slates has been shaken  the israelis contend the Plo is engaging in a rhetorical ruse to win support for an Independent palestinian stale it plans to use As a base to attack Israel. Meanwhile a lop Plo official accused the . Government of ambiguity in its Middle East policy and urged washing Ion to work with the soviet Union to bring about an International peace conferences Khalid Al Massan a senior adviser to Arafat said in Tunis Tunisia he Hopes the incoming Bush administration will formulate a Clear policy that will Lead to an International conference. I Don t understand the policy of the . Government unfortunately they adopt a double Standard of thinking and talking said Hassan a co founder of Fatah the dominant faction of the Plo. Hassan spoke in Ait interview two Days after the United states and the Plo opened talks in Tunis on ways of resolving the Arab israeli conflict. The United Stales last week reversed its 13-Ycar ban on official contacts with the Plo Alicr Arafat renounced terror ism and accepted Israel s right to exist. In Israel thousands of jewish settlers demonstrated saturday protesting the . Talks with the Plo and palestini ans shut Down the occupied territories to mourn five arabs fatally shot Friday in clashes with israeli troops. Polish opposition activists form citizen s committee Warsaw Poland a a group of i2s intellectuals artists Solidarity supporters and opposition activists under the leadership of lec Walesa transformed itself sunday into a Perma nent citizen s committee to address social and political problems. The group formalizes an informal Council that Walesa had invited together five times since May 1987 to make Broad policy statements on the pan of the opposition. Ii is meant to bring under one organizational Structure disparate elements of Poland s powerful opposition movement which will then be Able to address the government with a United voice. The committee will meet four times a Yea Rand establish 15 commissions to examine social needs and suggest solutions leaders said Al the end of the Daylong conference. It was held in the basement of a Church near the Headquarters of the roman Catholic episcopate in Warsaw the committee s formation came before a key communist party Central committee plenum convenes tuesday and wednesday. The party plans to discuss its role in society and prospects for speeding up political Reform and democratization. 6 dead 5 feared drowned As icy storm freezes Italy Rome a a storm that locked much of Italy in an icy grip of Snow and cold has Ltd at least six people dead and five others missing and presumed drowned news reports said sunday. About 30 Mountain villages in Central and Southern Italy and 10 on Sicily were still isolated sunday by Snow up to 78  in some places that blocked roads and passes. Crew worked sunday in an Effort to Clear the country roads to the towns. Four of the missing were aboard the Oceano graphic research vessel Posillipo Loran which was missing and presumed sunk in the storm tossed sea off Naples. -. The thermometer dipped As Low As minus 21 celsius 6 degrees fahrenheit in the dolomites in far Northern Italy and to freezing As far South As Sicily. None of the Snow fell on Rome but Law cily was gripped by freezing weather. Soviet minister to talk to Japan about islands Tokyo a soviet foreign ministered Uard Shevardnadze on the first Stop of his asian our expressed Hopes sunday that  dispute would not further delay improvement in soviet japanese relations. But no real Progress is Likely until Moscow agrees to return the soviet held Kirin islands off Japan s Northern coast said diplomats in Tokyo. The soviet envoy his wire and a 40-Nicmber entourage were greeted at the Airport by foreign minister Shusuke Uno the japanese ambassador to Moscow Toshiaki Mulo and the soviet ambassador to Japan Nikolai Soloviev thousands rally at nuclear Plant bibl1s, West Germany a More than 5,000 people demonstrated outside the biblis nuclear Power Plant on sunday to demand the shutdown of the facility site of a recently disclosed 1957 atomic Accident. About 170 groups participated in the demons Lra lion including the environmentalist Green party and the West German federation for environmental Citi Zens initiatives. Earlier in the Day police dragged 24 demonstrators from the Plant s information Center they had occupied overnight. The two dozen protesters were All re leased but they face possible charges of disturbing the peace. During sunday s demonstration speakers repeated assertions that a serious nuclear Accident nearly devel oped at the biblis Plant one year ago. Pressure for closing the biblis Plant erupted this month after a . Technical newsletter disclosed that on dec. 16-17,1987, operators at the facility allowed a malfunctioning Cooling system valve to go  for 15 hours. A Small amount of radioactive steam escaped into the atmosphere during the incident. The company that runs the Plant Rheinisch was la fisches  denies trying to conceal in formation about the incident. Environmentalists charge that the Accident could have led to a nuclear Core meltdown but West Ger Man atomic officials say the Plant is outfitted with emergency systems that would have prevented such an occurrence. Biblis is about 31 Miks South of Frankfurt. Papandreou s budget approved Athens Greece a Premier Andeas Papandreou s socialist government received parliament s approval sunday for the nation s 1939 budget Papandreou had said a rejection of the budget bythe 300-Mcmber single chamber House would result in his resignation. -.  " of the 296 deputies who voted with a raise of hands,1s6 All from Papandreou s ruling panhellenic socialist movement Pasok voted in favor of the4.052 trillion drachma $27.9 billion budget. One Pasok Deputy who was sick was not present. The conservative new democracy party along with the greek communist party voted against the budget describing it As the worst in greek  two deputies who were present in parliament refused to Tow ,.,  the conservatives and inc communists had decline to participate in the five Day debate the opposition has repeatedly called for Papandreou to resign since october when multimillion Dollar banking and arms scandals Rose to the surface implicating senior members of his government Papandreou has adamantly refused to step Down and said he intends to remain until i term in office expires in june when general elections Are scheduled. Hijacker from Page 1 finding him one of the bridesmaids snapped a fare Well photo of the Abductor. The Saga began when Sharon Menachem two of he bridesmaids the maid of Honor and a Friend from Florida arrived Early or the i t l j . Saturday wed Ding at St. Mark s Church in Boston. The priest the Rev. William define suggested they take a Quick drive in the limousine. The Bride was nervous and her Throat was dry Soshe asked the limousine s chauffeur William Spitz to pull Over at a convenience store  a soda. While he was in the store a Man hopped into the limousine said he heeded the car and drove away with the Bride and her friends inside screaming and begging to be let out i was in the front seat with him said Lisa Ferguson the Friend from Florida who described the Man As in his 30s, Blond and wearing a red ski hat. He jus said excuse me girls but i need ibis car he kept apologizing but he said he had to get away from  the Man also look 120 and a personal Check for 125from the women. The women managed to persuade their captor to drop them at the Church. As a parting shot Ferguson yelled smile and snapped his picture As she fled the limousine. Mceachem arid Timothy Moccia were married but since there was no limousine to escort them to the recep Tion Boston police volunteered Ihei cruisers. The Bandit got them 10 the Church on time bul the police got them to the reception on Lime detective Walter Fahey said proudly