European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes . Wednesday March 10,1993 agents say Salameh May have been key to conspiracy Effort from wire reports new York a investigators now believe that Mohammed a. Salameh the 25-Ycar-old palestinian arrested in the bombing of the world Trade Center played a significant if not Central role in what they say is a conspiracy. Officials also have established a personal link Between Salameh and Al Sayyid no Sair the Man tried for the assassination of anti Arab extremist rabbi Meir Kahane. They said Salameh visited nos air at least once in Attica state prison including once within a month before the feb. 26 bombing that killed five people. The details emerged monday As authorities continue to pursue a dizzying array of clues leads and aliases on fronts ranging from new Jersey to the Middle East. Quot its Vicy elusive a a Federal agent said. Quot we suspect a conspiracy but we Don t know the size. We Don t know How Many there were. We done to know whether they were Allied with a foreign Power or what their motive  but after five Days of frantic activity since Siam Chi a arrest investigators admit puzzlement Over two key questions the method and the motive. Why they ask would anyone planning a car bomb attack lease the vehicle in his own name a As the Federal complaint contends Salameh to have done a even if he planned to claim later that the vehicle had been stolen and had returned on three separate occasions to the rental office to demand a $400 refund and even if the Van had been obliterated officials reason would not Sala Inch s theft report have attracted attention at some Point leading investigators to him and his associates such enigmas fed an initial temptation to dismiss Salameh As perhaps a Patsy but officials said they Are discounting that thesis. They said documents Point not Only to him As the leaser of the Van but also to his connection with important locations and property in the Case. Despite a curtain of aliases they said Salameh has been directly tied to a storage locker in Jersey City ., that Fri agents raided last week. From the locker they removed hundreds of pounds of in Trie and sul uric acids and urea. In  a Federal agents showed photographs of potential suspects monday to neighbors and acquaintances of Salameh. Sources said the pictures of suspects of Middle Eastern origin included some . Citizens with possible links to Middle East terrorism. They were not identified. A investigators seized an automobile owned by Salameh and scoured it for traces of bomb making chemicals fingerprints or other clues. The four door 1978 Chevy Nova was discovered in body shop in Woodbridge . A a heavy Crane was brought in to remove an estimated 2,500 tons of rubble from the devastated garage of the world Trade Center. Experts were trying. To match residue from the blast with highly volatile bomb making chemicals recovered from the locker. Plo official convicted in old Case by the new York times new York a a jury monday swiftly convicted an official of the Palestine liberation organization of trying to bomb three israeli Sites in new York City 20 years ago. The bombs never exploded. In a Case that had involved one of the oldest unresolved indictments in the nation the jury in . District court in Brooklyn convicted Khalid Mohammed Jassem after deliberating barely three hours following a 3 v4-Day trial. One of Jassem a lawyers said the judges insistence on beginning the trial last week Days after the feb. 26 explosion at the world Trade Center would be an Issue in the Appeal they intend to file after Jassem is sentenced March 17. Jassem is a Quot High ranking administrative official a in the Plo his lawyers said. Higher College costs opposed California slate police tackle a student during a protest against in increase in College fees monday in Sacramento. After about 100 people held a Brief sit Down in front of the governors office police moved in to Clear the building. One student was  say Pooch does t get in their hair Concord . Apr Norman Longval keeps a dog in his Barbershop for safety but state regulators say that a a Hazard. At a hearing monday his supporters said the dog should stay and the regulators should go. Longval asked the state barbering cos Etolo de. Only _ _ to have dogs in barbershops. The Board has said anaesthetics Board on monday to exempt a it Leim from a Rule that allows Only disabled people it is concerned about customers safety and has threatened to revoke Longvall a shop License. The Barber has until March 26 to submit More documents requested by the Board. Longval Tola the Board that Roost of his customers were Happy when he got Shadow a White German Shepherd two years ago to guard his shop. Quot most of them thought it was a neat idea a he said. Outside seven people who said they were libertarians picketed the hearing and said the Board should be dissolved. A a eight people in there spending All afternoon on an Issue like that and we wonder Why this country is unproductive a said Stewart Nelson one of the protesters. Libertarians believe government should not interfere with personal decisions or business dealings. White ribbons oppose sex harassment Waltham mass apr Many Young College men still spend Spring Breaks ogling women on tropical beaches but some of their Peers arc wearing Plain White ribbons As a quiet Symbol of dissent. The ribbons represent opposition to sexual harassment and assault and Are part of a new Campaign on some campuses. Quot it will be a Long time before the Spring break Type of behaviour is gone a said Brian Ammons a Sophomore at North Carolina state University in Raleigh Quot but there a really a movement that a saying its not quite As Cool As it used to  the ribbons drifted from Canada where they first appeared after 14 women were gunned Down at the University of Montreal in 1989 by a Man who then com melted suicide. Quot whether its menus organizations menus pro feminist study groups or White ribbon campaigns things have realty started to pick up a said Steve Patten a graduate student at York University at Toronto. A students said colleges Are Ripe for change. Quot we be just attained this Freedom of being away from our parents and doing what we want but there a still this Lack of maturity a said Sean Foxley a Junior at the University of Oregon in Eugene and director of the schools men against rape  backs warning on sex by the new York times Trenton  A the state Assembly passed a Bill monday making it mandatory that sexual education courses stress sexual abstinence As a the Only completely reliable Means of pre sexually transmitted diseases including Audi the 54-to-7 vote moved new Jersey toward be coming one of Only a handful of states including California to dictate to school districts statewide just How sexual education should be taught. The Bill still must win approval in the Senate and gov. Jim Florio must sign it before it becomes Law. But after a five year fight there appears to be enough support in both Chambers not Only to pass the Bill but to override Foo Rio a veto should he oppose it. Nearly 1,000 rapes were reported at the nations universities and colleges in 1991, according to figures released under new Federal disclosure Laws. Officials said according to figures re. Sui a. The real number probably is higher after a Friend was raped Jason Schultz a senior at Duke University in Durham n.c., became involved in the student organization men acting for change. I was very confused. There Wasny to a male voice talking about violence a he said. Some believe this generation is already More aware of sexual harassment issues than its predecessors. I male students that i work with have been sensitized in some ways that i want a said Bob Haynor a 38->tar-old residence coordinator at the University of i new Hampshire m Durham