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McHENRY PLAINDEALER Section A Thursday, September 24. IMS Page S Nation/World 6 Firemen, trucks and policemen gather in front of the British Airways office in Rome on Wednesday after a bomb exploded, destroying Bombing hurts 14 in Rome By Paula Butturini United Press International ROME -- A Palestinian teenager hurled a bomb into a British Air­ ways office Wednesday, injuring 14 people in Rome's second terrorist attack in 10 days. The blast severely damaged the office, sent shards of heavy >plate glass flying at passersby and shat­ tered windows in nearby buildings. Police said a 16-year-old suspect, Hasan Aatab, was caught fleeing the scene and quickly admitted the bombing.. ; Aatab identified himself as a member of the Revolutionary Orga­ nization of Socialist Moslems, the group that claimed responsibility for a har^jd grenade attack on Rome's famed Via Veneto Sept. 16. That attack, just a short distance from Wednesday's bombing, injured 38 people, including nine Americans. . The group has made repeated at­ tacks against British targets around the world. It promised additional bits when it claimed responsibility for last week's grenade attack. ^ Fourteen people were injured in Wednesday's blast, four of them se­ riously, doctors said. Three of the victims were British Airways em­ ployees -- all Italian nationals -- and a fourth was a flight attendant's pother. » , {The most seriously injured was jtjrline employee Raffaella Leo- pardo, 33, who suffered a crushed leg and burns over most of her body. Another employee on duty at the time of the attack escaped injury because she was on a coffee break when the blast ripped through the building, located about a block from the U.S. Embassy. "I just have to thank someone," Liliana Frizzole Pomeranz said in a shaking voice as she looked up to­ ward the sky." Gunmen kill 3 Israelis By George Der Parthogh United Press International NICOSIA, Cyprus - Three gunmen demanding the release of Palestinian prisoners seized a small Israeli yacht on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur Wednesday, killed the Israeli woman and two men aboard and then surrendered, police said. An anonymous caller to the Agence France Presse office in Israel claimed responsibility on behalf of "Force 17," Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat's specially trained bodyguard unit. The PLO representative in Cyprus denied the men were from the PLO. The gunmen, identified by police as Palestinians, boarded the private 17- foot boat berthed in Larnaca Harbor before dawn and shot to death Esther Palzur, 50, during a fierce fight for control of the ship. The Palestinians dumped the woman's body, dressed only in a night­ gown, on the ship's deck where it lay slumped over a guard rail for nearly 10 hours until the gunmen surrendered. "The nightgown was torn and that makes us believe that she must have put up quite a fight before she died," poliofcf&id.; : 1 Police said the two Israeli men, Mrs. Palzur's husb^d, Reuven, 53, and Avraham Anvery, 55, were later found shot to death in the yacht's cabin, blindfolded and with their hands tied behind their backs. During the 10-hour siege, the gunmen demanded the release of a group of Palestinians intercepted off the Israeli coast last month while sailing toward the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon. The Israelis contend they were guerrillas on their way to conduct sabotage missions in Israel. Police brandishing automatic weapons crouched behind boats and shrubs during the 10-hour standoff. The Palestinian gunmen demanded safe conduct to the town's aiprort and a plane to fly them to an unspecified destination. ENTER NOW! Whirlpool Makes it Easier Win an exclusive European Vacation, WhirljMx)! Appliances plus over 25,000 "Instant Winner" prizes! 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FRONT ST., McHENRY 385-0882 {NEXT TO TRUE TILE) SALES & SERVICE U.S., Soviets plan summit By Jim Anderson United Press International NEW YORK -- Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, having set a tough tone in speeches to the United Nations, were set to face each other Wednesday to lav- down plans for a full-fledged summit in November. Except for a breakfast meeting with West Germany's foreign minis­ ter. Hans-Dietrich Genscher. Shultz' calendar was clear of morning ap­ pointments to allow him to prepare for his meeting with Shevardnadze. The scheduled four-hour meeting at the Soviet mission to the United Nations was preceded by tough statements to the U.N1. General As­ sembly Monday and Tuesday that dwelled on the stalled arms talks in Geneva. Switzerland. Shevardnadze Tuesday mnrio a strong pitch to put a halt to Presi­ dent Reagan's Strategic Defense Ini­ tiative. known informally as "Star Wars." and said the Soviets have put forward serious proposals to cut nuclear missiles at the Geneva talks. „ The Soviets have spread the word to a variety of sources they will propose cuts of up to 40 percent in the nuclear arsenals of both sides on the condition that the United States limit its Star Wars research The U.S. side said no such propos­ als have been received by the Amer­ ican team in Geneva and Shultz dis­ missed the Soviet claims about the dangers of 'Star Wars" as propaganda. The Soviets, in a statement issued Ihrminh tV»o Ticc nmi'c innnr>\' aftPf Shultz' speech to the U.N Monday, accused Shultz of hypocrisy and inconsistency The Wednesday encounter was the second between Shultz and Shevar- adnadze They met in Helsinki for three hours seven weeks ago, and they are due to meet again on Fri­ day in Washington with Reagan. The series of meetings are regard­ ed by the Americans as preparation for the November summit in Gene­ va. between Reagan and Soviet Gen­ eral Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Shultz has received encourage­ ment from his NATO colleagues, in­ cluding Britain's Sir Geoffrey Howe and West Germany's Hans-Dietrich Genscher. to make the Geneva sum­ mit a substantive negotiating ses­ sion, rather than a mere get-ac­ quainted session Reagan spurns Soviet innuendo L'Pl photo the main entrance and shattering the big plate glass window. In the attack of the office, near Via Veneto, 11 people were injured. By Helen Thomas UPI White House reporter WASHINGTON - President Rea­ gan. unmoved by a "Soviet propo- ganda blitz," Wednesday rejected Moscow's bid to link "Star Peace" -- its call for peaceful superpower ventures in space -- to his "Star Wars" missile defense system. White House spokesman Larry Speakes, responding to comments by Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze that put a new spin on the Kremlin's denunciation of Rea­ gan's Strategic Defense Initiative. told reporters. "The United States has long been a major exponent of peaceful cooperation in space." "We see no linkage between the Soviets proposals of peaceful coop­ eration and research and the possi­ bility of effective strategic defense research, which both countries are conducting," the presidential spokesman said. He also told reporters. "We are not at all concerned about the Soviet propaganda blitz that has taken place over the last several months." However, he disclosed that a Na­ tional Security Council panel met Monday to discuss the "public diplo­ macy" leading up to the two-day summit meeting between Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorba­ chev in Geneva, Switzerland, start­ ing Nov. 19. Some decisions were made at the session, but aides declined to say whether U.S. strategy is being shift­ ed to counter Moscow in pre-summit public relations campaign. Vice President George Bush told reporters that Moscow's "very visi­ ble propaganda campaign... doesn't b6ther us." Shevardnadze, in a Tuesday speech to the United Nations Gener­ al Assembly, coined the "Star Peace" expression in a bid to por­ tray Moscow as a peace-seeker. Dip­ lomats saw the rhetorical flourish as raising the ante in the superpower P.R. battle. Reagan spent part of his day studying briefing papers in advance of his scheduled meeting Friday at the White House with Shevardnadze, who met with Secretary of State G e o r g e S h u l t z i n N e w Y o r k Wednesday. Reagan's Strategic Defense Initia­ tive. nicknamed Star Wars because of its reliance on futuristic weapons, is a multibillion-dollar project he says can lead to a missile defense system that would make nuclear weapons obsolete. 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