European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes saturday november 9, 19912 die in bombing at Beirut College Beirut Lebanon up a a fiery blast ripped through the main building of the american University of Beirut Early Friday damaging the four Story Structure killing two people and wounding six others police and witnesses said. A lebanese employee of the University Munir Salha who was trapped under a pile of rubble and twisted Metal was pulled out dead several hours after the explosion. Workers equipped with shovels and bulldozers struggled in vain for several hours to pull Salha out. Police said Salha who was in his 50s, apparently suffocated. Salhan a voice could still be heard from under the rubble More than eight hours after the blast. A we could not reach him and save him quickly a a worker said. The dead Man s sister wept bitterly on a nearby Bench. Police spokesman capt. Tarek Abdallah said the bomb was a estimated at 154 pounds of explosives plan Ted inside a Green Volkswagen car parked near the main  the main building houses administration offices As Well As computer history and arabic departments. The nearby Jeffeth Library was also badly damaged. The blast damaged the four Story building destroying its ancient clock and strewing nearby streets with debris. There was no word on who was responsible for the explosion but the attack came following threats by Radical palestinian and pro iranian groups to hit . And israeli interests worldwide in retaliation for the .-sponsored peace conference which convened in Madrid Spain earlier this week. Aub spokesman Radwan Mawlawi condemned a this terrorist attack and crime against the  students decorated the tree shaded Campus with the slogan a Long live Aub a and called for a candlelight Vigil at the scene. Two syrian soldiers Manning a checkpoint just a few Yards away from Aub said the culprits fled through the medical Gate where a yellow Mercedes automobile was waiting for them. Quot they opened fire to Clear their Way and we returned the fire a said one Soldier. Witnesses said one syrian Soldier was killed in the firefight but his death could not be confirmed independently. Syrian troops guarding the main Gate of Aub prevented journalists from entering the Campus who reached the scene via another Gate. A syrian guard at the University a Gate said he saw a huge fireball billowing into the sky before he heard the deafening explosion. Shocked students and professors gathered at the site to Check the damage. A they killed the Aub Symbol a said a 20-year-old nutrition student pointing at the damaged building which was constructed in 1871. The attack came at a time the Aub was celebrating its 125 the anniversary. Maxwell s body flown to Jerusalem for burial Jerusalem apr the body of British publishing magnate Robert Maxwell was flown to Jerusalem on Friday for burial As More questions arose about his death. His widow cast doubt on an autopsy that concluded he died of a heart attack. Maxwells body arrived on a private Jet from the Canary islands a Spanish Island group off the moroccan coast where the 68-year-old publishers body was found tuesday after he disappeared from his yacht. Reporters were kept away As his widow Elisabeth Maxwell left the plane with her head Down and wearing dark glasses. She was accompanied by her eldest son Philip who will deliver part of of in Eulogy at his fathers funeral sunday according to the israeli daily newspaper Maaris in which Maxwell had a majority share. The coffin was covered by a White jewish prayer shawl with Black stripes. Maxwell ran a troubled $2 billion Media Empire that included new Yorkus daily news London a daily Mirror and other British tabloids Spanish authorities have attributed maxwells death to heart failure. But before leaving Las Palmas in the Canary islands Elizabeth Maxwell suggested the autopsy performed on the publisher could not be regarded As the final word on his cause of death. A unfortunately the autopsy is totally provisional a she said. A it takes much More than two Days to arrive at any conclusion that is of any  accompanied by a Spanish lawyer Julio Hernandez she said suicide was out of the question. The London newspaper the Independent said Friday there is growing evidence that Maxwell suffocated. It said Maxwell suffered from pulmonary edema also known As water on the lungs and had been unable to shake off a heavy cold. Chief Coroner Carlos Lopez said the Spanish autopsy will not be concluded until Laboratory tests on samples from maxwells body have been completed. He said he expects the results in a week. Investigating judge Luis Gutierrez said wednesday that preliminary findings indicated Maxwell died of natural causes and then apparently fell off the yacht. Maxwell did not drown he said. The death certificate said he died of cardiovascular failure or heart failure the British consulate said. Mirror group newspapers in London said maxwells body will he in state at Jerusalem shall of the nation for an hour sunday covered with a Tallis the Trade Cuba unveils Energy plan to convert animal waste Mexico City a Cuba facing a critical Energy crunch has built a Plant that generates Gas from livestock excrement the cuban government news Agency Prensa Latina said Friday. The dispatch monitored in Mexico City said the Plant would be inaugurated today and would produce enough Gas each Day to equal the Energy output of a ton of Oil. The Plant called vac Gas is about 300 Miles East of Havana in Ciego de Avila province. The Agency said it would use 36 tons of excrement a Day from 2,000 nearby cows plus the output of a pig farm in the area. Technology was supplied by a non governmental German organization bread for the world the Agency said. Andres Santos Gonzalez a biogas adviser to the cuban National Energy commission said residues would be used As feed in cubans fish Industry after the Gas had been extracted. He said plans Call for use of the Gas in modified gasoline and diesel engines. The soviet Union cubans traditional supplier of Oil has Cut shipments drastically and has said future supplies will be on a Market Price basis. Previously the soviets traded Oil for cuban sugar at terms highly favourable to Cuba. Santos said that in addition to supplying a generating Plant Gas from the project would provide Energy to 83 houses and two communal workers Utchins in the Region. Cuba recently added cooking Gas to a Long list of rationed commodities that includes nearly All Basic necessities. Robert maxwells widow Elisabeth leaves the family yacht before flying with her Hus bands body to Israel. Iiona jewish prayer shawl. Shimon Perez All plan to attend the Fune 1 he body will then be buried at the Saral. Up is Najfi pres mentorial services for Maxwell Are dui Yah Jahaf of Hnry ape k Misier Fobe held Ater in London and new Yore Yitzhak Shamir and labor party Leader but no details have yet been  by snarls France Paris up a striking electronic engineers severely disrupted commercial flights in and out of France at the Start of a Holiday weekend Friday when they sabotaged air traffic controllers main computer in Paris transport ministry officials said. Transport minister Paul Quiles opened an inquiry into the sabotage of the computer at Athis Mons on the outskirts of Paris. The computer serves controllers working at Charles de Gaulle and orly airports. An Early analysis of the situation by ministry officials indicated an a a exceptionally High number of problems in the computers used by air controllers Quiles said a making it seem that they result from irresponsible acts going beyond the exercise of the Normal right to  Alt flights to the United states were subject to Long delays because of the situation which was scheduled to last until engineers s air traffic wednesday morning. For example flight to Atlanta left four hours late it there were similar delays with flights new York Chicago and san Francisco the Domestic airline air inter Issue statement asking passengers with Flig after 5 . Not to show up at orly Charles de Gaulle. The strike at the Paris airports staged by about 60 electronic engine servicing the computer equipment u by air controllers. The maintenance i neers who belong to a Branch of communist led confederation Genei do Travail labor Union and the Auto Mous Capac Union Are demanding Hier pay a new Bonus system and the Hii of 120 other engineers to work with the the dispute which occurred Virtu without warning was bad news for tra ers hoping to get away for the Weeke which coincides with a monday holi marking armistice Day