Army retakes control of Beirut By ROBERT H. REID Associated Press Writer BEIRUT, Lebanon About 10,000 Lebanese army troops backed by tanks and artillery swept into west Beirut in three columns yesterday and seized key neighborhoods from Druse and Shiite Moslem militiamen in house-to-house combat. The government radio said the army retook control of virtually all the Moslem sector and "successfully completed its operation." Thunderous artillery barrages shook the,city, either from Syrian held positions outside the city or Lebanese army batteries. Police said 18 civilians were killed and 49 wounded in the fourth day of fighting around Beirut. State radio quoted Lebanese army sources as saying 21 soldiers were killed and 87 wounded in clashes yesterday. The army said it captured 50 militiamen, including seven Palestinians and four Syrians. The deaths brought the casualty toll in the fighting that began Sunday to 94 killed, including two U.S. Marines, five French soldiers and 42 Lebanese soldiers. The wounded totaled 413, including 14 Marines, seven French soldiers, three Italian troops and 176 Lebanese soldiers. ' The. Americans;, French and Italians are part of an international peacekeeping force in Beirut. Fighting also broke out in Tripoli Wednesday between rival Moslem militia groups, and police said 25 people were killed and 60 wounded Missing jet lands By The Associated Presi ' SEOUL, South Korea Airline officials said a missing South Korean jumbo jet from New York with 269 people aboard, including a U.S. congressman, landed safely today on a Soviet island. However, Soviet officials reportedly denied it. Also, Korea's Air Self Defense Force said the aircraft disappeared from radar at an altitude of more than 30,000 feet, raising the possibility of a mid-air accident. South Korea!' Airlines said the plane landed on the Soviet island of Sakhalin. But the Japanese Broadcasting Corp. said it contacted officials at the island's airport in the southern town of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk. Officials there denied the plane had landed. A duty officer at the Soviet Foreign Ministry in Moscow also denied the plane was on Sakhalin, and the The aide, Frederic N. Smith, said, "There is no U.S. source that can confirm that the plane has landed on the island and that all the Soviet news agency Tass said the passengers are safe." the daily in the battles 50 miles north of Beirut. The three Lebanese army brigades pushed westward from the old Green Line that divides the city into Moslem and Christian halves. Their M-98 tanks and armored personnel carriers advanced with tank cannon and machine guns firing. As each block or two was taken, soldiers searched nearby buildings, flushing out militiamen with small arms fire. By late afternoon the army was in control of nearly all of west Beirut. The:radio warned residents to stay indoors as the army continued restoring "calm." The fighting was centered about three miles north of positions held by the 1,200-man U.S. Marine contingent of the multinational peacekeeping force. A Marine spokesman, Warrant Officer Charles Rowe, said the Marine sector was quiet except for an "extremely small amount" of rifle fire. Senior Lebanese officials were pleased by the performance of the army in west Beirut and were optimistic that the Christian-led but largely Moslem military Could move into the contested central mountains and restore control the Israelis leave. "This is work done by the - Lebanese army itself without any assistance from the Marines or from any foreign contingent," Abdullah Abu Habib, Lebanon's ambassador to the United States told The Associated Press. plane's whereabouts were unknown. • The airline gave no details in its report of the landing, although a KAL spokeswoman in New York, Bonnie Villarico, said she had been told it was a forced landing. She said arrangements were being Made to send another plane to the island to pick up the passengers and bring them to Korea. Among the passengers was U.S. Rep. Lawrence P. McDonald, D-Ga. His staff said he was going to South Korea to attend a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the U.S.-South Korea defense pact. The South Korean Foreign Ministry said it was "trying every means available to ascertain the facts about the missing plane, , including the alleged landing in authorities forced the jetliner to Sakhalin." An aide to McDonald said after a briefing at the Pentagon that "indications are" that Soviet olle • lan Lebanese Soldiers / Cadmos Hot99lt iodore lel *in ••• / •4 West Beirut 0 4. 6 East Beirut #4;.-4•44..j on Soviet island Asked if he knew why the plane landed on Sakhalin, he said, "We can't confirm that, but indications are that it got too close to Soviet air ,space." An official with the Japanese Embassy in Moscow said a duty officer at the Soviet Foreign Ministry denied the airliner had landed on Sakhalin, an island off the western Soviet coast just north of Japan. But the Japanese official said it was possible there was a delay in information reaching Moscow. Vice Foreign Minister Roh Jae- Won said no details about the plane had been confirmed. Another Foreign Ministry source said there was an unconfirmed account that the plane might have been attacked. Land Bourj eI-Barajneh or ® moo 4o 111 Beirut International Airport AMERICAN ZONE • • • O• He declined to elaborate. The Boeing 7'47 had been unaccounted for since it last gave its position southeast of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island, more than six hours before the first report that it had landed On Sakhalin. The Soviet island is north of Hokkaido. In Atlanta, Harold P. McDonald Jr., the congressman's brother, said, "we've just heard from the State Department ... that the plane is down and apparently the passengers are safe." There apparently was at least one other American on the flight. Yoo Sung-Wha, the wife of a professor from the University of Pittsburgh, said her husband, Yoo Chung-Sum, was on board. However, KAL did not confirm if any other Americans beside McDonald was on the plane. South Korea and the Soviet Union have no diplomatic relations. Lebanese Army Pushes West Thursday, September 1, 1983 Vol. 84, No. 29 18 pages University Park, Pa. 16802 Published by students of The Pennsylvania State University Rioting funeral By The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines A student was killed and 18 people were wounded in clashes between hundreds of rock-throwing demonstrators and riot police last night after the funeral of assassinated opposition leader Benigno Aquino, police spokesmen reported. The demonstration near the presidential palace followed a "noise barrage" in scattered parts of the capital by youths who banged on pans and exploded firecrackers as part, of an announced citywide protest against alleged government complicity in the Aquino slaying. Running street battles continued into the early hours Thursday. The government of President Ferdinand E. Marcos has denied any role in the death of his chief political enemy, who was gunned down at the Manila airport Aug. 21, and said Aquino was killed by a notorious "hired gun" who was then killed by security troopers. Of the 18 wounded in the clashes between demonstrators and about 300 police, at least nine were youths aged from 14 to 20 who were hospitalized with gunshot wounds, police investigator Rudy Janer told the Associated Press. The dead man, 23-year-old student Karim Dimacuta, was wounded - in the left side and was dead on arrival at a hospital, Janer said. Police said they did none of the shooting. They said they were armed only with truncheons because their orders were to handle demonstrators with "gentleness:" But photographers said they saw plainclothes policeman running after demonstrators with drawn guns and some of them Were later seen firing into the air. Cooperation is the to solving zoning issue By ANNE CONNERS Collegian Staff Writer Cooperation. That's what students, borough officials, and State College citizens pledged last night as they formally discussed the controversy surrounding student housing in single-family neighborhoods for the first time. While the meeting was ostensibly convened to discuss borough ordinances governing noise, parking and property maintenance, it turned into a follows of Aquino Manila Deputy Police Chief Col. Felicisimo Lazaro said three of the wounded were policemen one hit by a gunshot in the chest, another by a dart, and a third by a rock. Police claimed some demonstrators, hiding like snipers in tall buildings,- were firing guns. Running battles between youths and policemen continued until today's early hours. Occasionally loud explosions, as from home made bombs, rocked the darkened alleys. At one point, police raided a students' dormitory, from which bottles had been thr,own at them, and arrested five poeple. Investigators said friends of some of the youths hit by gunshots claimed the victims were bystanders and not involved in the demonstration. "That is always their claim," the investigator Janer said. Since Aquino was killed as he stepped out of a jetliner bringing him home from three years of voluntary exile in the United States, the presidential palace had been under extra guard. Authorities strengthened security around the palace earlier yesterday, deploying troops, policemen and firetrucks at various approaches. Mendiola Bridge also was the scene of bloody clashes between troops and anti-Marcos demonstrators in 1970 shortly after Marcos' re-election to a second term as president. Three students were killed in that battle. Aquino was buried in a floodlit, nighttime ceremony at the Manila Memorial Park cemetery after an 11-hour funeral march viewed by crowds of mourners estimated at more than one million. Experienced political observers described it as the biggest funeral ever given a Filipino leader in the republic's history. sometimes heated exchange between students, borough officials and neighborhood organizations. But by the end of the meeting, small clusters of students and citizens were peaceably exchanging ideas about the best way to preserve the character of State College's neighborhoods. An increasing amount of attention has been directed to students who move into single family neighborhoods, thus Please see TOWN, Page 18 inside • Tuesday night's Fraternity Rush Mixer packed the HUB Ballroom while potential ru shees met with fraternity mem bers and signed up for rush. • Negotiations between strik ing Latrobe Brewing Company employees and management "have taken a step backward," the brewery's labor director said yesterday Page 4 • The Centre County Women's Resource Center will continue to offer counseling services to women this year under the su pervision of a new executive director. Page 4 index Classifieds Opinions Sports State/nation/world weather Becoming partly cloudy and less Mainly clear and cool tonight. Low of 57. Sunny and pleasant tomorrow with a high near 83. —by Glenn Rolph key Page 3
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