state/nation/world Israelis release 100 prisoners By JUAN•CARLOS GUMUCIO Associated Press Writer TYRE, Lebanon Waving their clenched fists and chanting, "God is Great," 100 Lebanese released from an Israeli military prison crossed the border to freedom yesterday, and Shiite Moslem guerrilla leaders pledged to step up attacks until the 335 other detai nees are freed. It was the second group of pris oners, captured by the Israelis during their occupation of south ern Lebanon, to be freed since a TWA jetliner was hijacked by Shiite extremists last month. The hijackers demanded the release of 735 prisoners held by Israel in exchange for the 39 American passengers on the plane. But Is rael said it had always intended to set the prisoners free from Atlit when the situation in southern Lebanon was calm. Press reports in Tel Aviv said that the remaining detainees at Atlit would be freed in three groups at two-week intervals. This southern port city gave the freed prisoners a traditional Leb anese hero's welcome, showering them with rice and rosewater. But the grief of families who discovered the men they waited to see were not among those released cast a pall over the jubilation. Many•of the detainees spoke of beatings and mistreatment. Israe li authorities have insisted the men were properly treated and regularly examained by the Inter national Red Cross. One of the released prisoners, Abdul-Amir Shehab, 30, who said he was held for 19 months, com plained about "beatings with bats and kicking with boots," but said he was not tortured. Israeli military sources in Atlit said 74 of the released were Shiites, 20 were Palestinians pre sumed to be residents in Lebanon, and six were Lebanese Sunni Mos lems. They said most of the Shiites were followers of the pro-Iranian Three Italian By JENNIFER PARMELEE Associated Press Writer TRENTO, Italy Authorities investigating last week's dam col lapse which killed more than 200 tourists and villagers announced yesterday the arrests of three men, including two brothers who own the dam. Prosecutor Francesco Simeoni said more arrests were likely as investigators questioned dozens of people, many of them local gov ernment officials, for possible criminal negligence in last Fri day's tragedy.- Two local government officials who received judicial notices re signed yesterday. The dam used in mining oper ations collapsed around lunch time and, within seconds, swallowed all 20 homes and three hotels of the popular tourist resort of Stava. Rescue officials recovered four more bodies yesterday from the mountain of mud and debris that erased the alpine vacation hamlet in northeastern Italy. That brought to 204 the number of bod ies found. All but 38 of the bodies have been identified. Rescue officials said the uniden tified bodies will be buried in a mass grave in nearby Tesero vil lage after a funeral tomorrow. There was still confusion over the number of people missing in the area. Rescue officials said at least 53 others were still missing. But another report, based on claims by families and friends, put the number at 161. Giulio Rota, one'of two brothers who own the Prealpi Mining Co., was arrested Tuesday night and was being interrogated, Simeoni told The Associated Press. Rota, 58, turned himself in to authorities after an arrest war rant was issued, said his lawyers, Andrea di Francia and Adolfo de Bertolini. Rota was charged with multiple manslaughter and caus ing a disaster. Simeoni also issued an arrest warrant for Rota's ailing brother, Aldo, who was reported in serious condition recovering from a heart attack two weeks ago. Hezbollah, an extremist anti- Western group suspected of re sponsibility in most of the abduc tions of 13 Westerners and one Iranian in Lebanon in the last 18 months. The detainees were among 1,200 Lebanese and Palestinians trans ferred to Israel from the Ansar prison camp in south Lebanon last April before the main Israeli occu pation force pulled out. The move provoked protests from the International Red Cross, Arab and Western governments including the United States. They said the transfer violated the Ge neva Conventions barring the transfer of prisoners of war across international boundaries. Israel countered that the detai nees were not prisoners of war because Israel and Lebanon were not in a declared state of war. In Beirut, Justice Minister and Shiite militia leader Nabih Berri said in a broadcast that the re lease failed to meet the terms of an agreement under which his Amal militia freed the TWA hos tages from Beirut after a 17-day ordeal in which one passenger, a U.S. Navy diver, was shot dead. "If there is one prisoner left we will do everything (to free him) and the Israelis know it," Gamal Saffieddin, an Amal officer, told The Associated Press. "We will not sleep and we are•not afraid." "We can do whatever is needed," he added. "We have proved that to the whole world," he said, evidently referring to the hijacking of the TWA Boeing 777. The plane was seized by two Shiites after taking off on a flight from Athens, Greece, to Rome flight June 14. It finally landed at Beirut where Amal militiamen moved passengers to hideouts in the city. On June 30 the last 36 passen gers and three crewmen were freed after President Reagan ap pealed to Syrian President Hafez Assad for help in resolving the crisis. arrested in dam collapse Authorities said Aldo Rota, 63, was ordered confined to his hospi tal room in Como, north of Milan. Later yesterday, police said they also arrested Matteo Tomasi, a forestry inspector for the Stava area. The Rota brothers were charged with multiple manslaughter and causing a disaster. Charges against Tomasi were not immedi ately announced. Rota and his brother Aldo bought the mine in 1967, officials said. The brothers can be held in jail for 40 days while authorities deter mine the next step in the criminal process. Conviction could bring 12 years in prison. Investigators said they were try ing to determine if the brothers took proper legal and administra tive steps in obtaining permission for expanding the two artifical lakes the dam supported. The lakes filtered waste from mining. They said investigations were proceeding to find out if any work was done without authorization and if municipal officials, includ ing dam inspectors, ignored re ports of illegal construction at the dam. Simeoni, accompanied by a team of engineers, officials and investigators, later toured the di. ' saster area and heard an expert call for the prompt removal of the mud that had been piled up. "I don't like what I see here . . . If it rains, the mud will slide down the valley, and cause further dam age farther down," said Claudio Datei, a professor of hydraulic engineering who took part in the survey. A young manßenatto Trettel, yesterday dug out two chickens from under the remains of his house. "I don't know how they survived," he said. "They . . . started pecking immediately when I gave them some biscuits." Trettel's mother was missing and may be buried under the house, he said. Simeoni has served judicial no tices on more than 60 people in connection with his probe. Yester day, two of them resigned their provincial government posts. Covered by newspapers, the body of Jordanian embassy first secretary Ziad Sail Iles on the street beside his car after he was slain by gunmen yesterday. Jordanian diplomat slain by gunman By EMEL ANIL Associated Press Writer ANKARA, Turkey An assassin said to be a Shiite Moslem terrorist ran up to the car of a Jordanian diplomat who had stopped for a traffic light yesterday and shot him in the head four times. Police said Ziad J. Sati, 40, died at the scene. His car lurched forward after the shooting, crashed into a minibus and came to rest against a bank. A witness said the gunman outran a bank guard giving chase, jumped into a car and escaped. Sati, a bachelor, was first secretary of the Jordanian Embassy and had served in Tur key for three years. A man telephoned The Associated Press in Ankara and said the killing was the work of Islamic Holy . War Jihad Islami in Arabic a radical Shiite group that has claimed responsibil- Admin. warns terrorists again By MICHAEL PUTZEL AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. The Rea gan administration said yesterday its response to terrorists and gov ernments that support them "will be proportionate to the losses in curred," but it gave no indication it is contemplating any imminent ac tion to avenge recent attacks on Americans in El Salvador and else where. In yet another warning similar to those issued in the wake of terrorist incidents in the Middle East and Central America, presidential spokesman Larry Speakes said, "The United States will not tolerate terrorist actions against our citi zens. We will be prepared to take steps." "We have outlined in firm tones Two arrested in bombings AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) The investiga tion widened to Switzerland yesterday in the bombing of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior, and a French-speaking couple accused of murder in the case was denied bail here. The defendants were identified in court as Sophie Frederique Clare Turenge, 36, and Main Jacques Turenge, 33. Their relationship was not known. They were charged with murder, arson and conspir acy to commit arson in the July 10 bombing of the environmental group's flagship in Auckland harbor. The arson charges relate to the use of explosives to sink the Rainbow Warrior. The Rainbow Warrior, a converted Scottish trawler, was to have left New Zealand this week to lead a flotilla to protest French nuclear testing at Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia. The Turenges said they were Swiss citizens, and denied charges by authorities that they entered New Zealand on false passports. Neither entered a plea during brief appearances in Auckland District Court Wednesday, when Judge Ron ity for a long series of killings, kidnappings and bomb attacks. He called Sati a "lackey of imperialist powers" and said: "Our actions against such people will continue." He spoke in unaccented Turkish. A man calling himself Colonel Omar made a similar claim in a call to the British Broadcast ing Corp. in Brussels, Belgium. Speaking in poor, heavily accented English, he threatened the death of all Jordanian diplomats in Europe who worked for peace with Israel. Turkey's semi-official news agency Anatolia said an anonymous caller to its London office claimed responsibility in the name of the Hezbol lah (Party of God), another Shiite extremist group some believe is part of Islamic Holy War or associated with it. King Hussein of Jordan and Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, agreed earlier this year to a joint strategy for peace negotiations with Israel. Arafat has ap- our policy on attacking terrorist centers or those responsible for terrorist attacks," Speakes told reporters at a White House brief ing. "That policy remains. The governments responsible under stand that. We will take appropri ate action." "The level of our response," the spokesman added, "will be propor tionate to the losses incurred. Those that perpetrate such'inci dents, or governments that support state-sponsored terrorism, are on notice." Asked if his use of the term ".!proportionate response" indi cates the United States would avenge "an eye for an eye, a life for a life," Speakes said, "We'll make those judgments at the time." Asked when the United States No. . N 1 4 '' might act, he replied, "Wait and see." Speakes refused to respond di rectly to a New York Times report that the administration considered attacking a Nicaraguan training base in retaliation for the murder of six Americans in El Salvador last month. In a report similar to others published earlier elsewhere, the Times quoted unidentified State and Defense Department officials as saying a plan was discussed at senior levels in the White House to launch an air strike against a Nica raguan base where American offi cials believed one or more of the gunmen were trained. The plan was rejected in favor of issuing the Sandinista government a warning . ald Gilbert denied them bail. Two detectives flew to Switzerland yesterday after bail was denied. The Swiss investigation adds to those already under way in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, said Auckland police spokesman Trevor Tozer. He said Interpol in France was helping police pursue several leads in New Caledonia. Detectives in New Caledonia were trying to trace the French-speaking crew of the yacht, Ouvea, which left New Zealand the day before the bombing, police said. Tozer told the Associated Press, "We are avoiding saying more arrests are expected ... It's a dangerous thing to predict. Rather than anticipate more arrests let's just say we're continuing our investigations and they're expanding. I cannot rule out more arrests." Police arrested the Turenges last week for alleged passport violations and rearrested them Tuesday night in the bombing. They are to appear in court today on the pissport charges - - - Police have not - said how they linked the two to the bombing. The Daily Collegian Thursday, July 25, 1985 ‘,0 4 0 proved a list of names for a joint Jordanian- Palestinian delegation with which he and Hus sein hope the United States will meet as a prelude to talks with Israel. A statement carried by the official Jordanian news agency, Petra, said: "The Foreign Min istry assures that such tyrannical and cowardly acts against Jordanians serving abroad will not divert Jordan from its consistent national duties and service to Arab causes and the Palestinian nation." Witnesses described Sati's assassin as a young, slim, dark man of medium height One of the witnesses, Mehmet Keller, told an AP reporter he heard shots, looked out of his window and saw the man flee, tucking a pistol into his belt as he ran. He outran the bank guard and escaped in a car, Keller said. The Jordanian news agency saia Sati was driving to the embassy and had stopped for a traffic light. Steel Co. granted injunction PITTSBURGH (AP) Wheeling- Pittsburgh Steel Corp. won an injunc tion yesterday to keep striking United Steelworkers members away from the main gates of three plants and sought similar orders in two other states as , the strike stretched to four days. Jefferson County Judge John Mas cio ordered strikers not to block en trances to plants in Steubenville, Mingo Junction and Yorkville, Ohio, but he declined a company request to set limit the number. of pickets. Judges in Washington County, Pa., and Brooke County, W.Va., were con sidering similar requests by the com pany. Meanwhile, the United Steelwork ers' chief negotiator says the gap between the union and the company was wider than he first thought. "The gulf between us is humong ous," USW bargainer Paul Rusen said in a telephone interview Tuesday evening. The union struck Sunday to protest Wheeling-Pittsburgh's decision to cut hourly labor costs from an average of $21.40 under their voided contract to what the company said would be $17.50. Rusen said the revisions actu ally lower total labor costs to $15.60 per hour. Wheeling-Pittsburgh dissolved its labor contract as a step toward reor ganizing nearly $530 million in debts under Chapter 11 of federal bankrupt cy law. Company officials declined com ment on the matter. Federal mediators said on Satur day they would ask the company and union to resume bargaining within several days if neither side asked first. Mediator Robert Housholder said yesterday morning that no bar- state news briefs State College policeman resigns STATE COLLEGE (AP) A suspended officer has resigned from the State College police force in exchange for assurances that he will not be prosecuted for drunken driving, officials said yesterday. Steven T. Story, 25, had been charged with driving under the influence in June, but a district justice dismissed the charge last week, saying police waited too long after the arrest to file charges. That prompted Chief Elwood G. Williams to threaten to refile the charge. "It's over, finished, closed file," Borough Manager Carl Fairbanks said. "In my judgment this action is in the best interest of his career, the morale of the police department and the community as a whole." Story was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident May 12 while he was off duty. He was suspended shortly after the accident, but not charged with drunken driving until June 7. Police said they waited until June 7 to arrest Story to give him time to recover from his injuries. State holds hearing on seatbelt laws HARRISBURG (AP) Hundreds of lives and millions of dollars could be saved annually if Pennsylvania follows 15 other states in adopting a mandatory seat belt law, witnesses told a state Senate committee yesterday. In a daylong hearing, witness after witness told the Senate Transportation Committee that buckling up would cut down the incidence of death and injury on Pennsylvania highways. "The motor-vehicle accident is the fourth major public health problem in the United States today," Dorit Stein of the Allegheny County Health Department testified. "We need to immunize and protect the public from this carnage." About 260 lives could be saved annually and 6,340 injuries prevented if only half of Pennsylvania's drivers and passengers used safety belts, said Peter Strauss of the Alliance of American Insurers. Three different bills have been introduced in the Senate mandat ing seat belt use by drivers and front-seat passengers. Under the bills, violators would pay fines of $2O to $25. Pennsylvania lawmakers, like their counterparts in nearly all other states, are considering such legislation because of U.S. Department of Transportation regulations issued last summer. nation news briefs NBC, ABC to aid Justice Dept. NEW YORK (AP) NBC News and ABC News said yesterday that they would cooperate with the Justice Department, which earlier this week subpoenaed all material, aired and unaired, about the TWA hijacking and hostage ordeal., CBS News, which also was subpoenaed, said it had not yet decided on a response. ABC and NBC said they would allow the Justice Department access to all material that had been broadcast, and some material not broadcast. Carol Olwert, director of information for ABC News, said the network's lawyers were told by Justice Department lawyers "that the scope of this investigation is criminal in nature." "In view of this, it is consistent with ABC News policy to give them everything which appeared •on the air," she said. Off-air material, she said, would be provided "in a manner consistent with the constitutional protection afforded a news organization." She said it was not clear if that meant some or all of ABC's off-air material would be shown to the government. Alaska governor hearing continues JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) Gov. Bill Sheffield's former chief of staff testified yesterday in impeachment proceedings, saying he made errors in judgment only in trying to patch up his boss's tattered public image. "Negative press" about Sheffield on a variety of issues "led me to do a lot of things I obviously regret," said John Shively, who resigned as Sheffield's chief aide July 10. Shively has admitted lying to investigators and destroying documents in connection with a state grand jury probe of the way t the state negotiated a lucrative state office lease in Fairbanks. Under vigorous questioning from a Senate committee which is hearing the impeachment proceedings, Shively said the governor was blameless in the affair, and that he, Shively, tried to cover up actions in connection with the negotiations to avoid "one more beating by the press." Shively's testimony before the grand jury sparked the impeach ment proceedings, which entered their third day yesterday. Sheffield is tentatively scheduled to testify before the committee today. He is accused of manipulating state office lease specifications to steer a $9.1 million contract to a friend and campaign fund-raiser, and then lying about it to a grand jury. The lease has since been voided. world news briefs Officers convicted of espionage NEW DELHI, India (AP) Three retired Indian military officers were convicted yesterday of selling information about Soviet militafy equipment to the United States, and were sentenced to 10 years each in prison. High Court Judge K.B. Andley said in announcing the judgment that the three men arrested in November 1983 were guilty of a "conspiracy" involving the leakage of top state secrets. It was the first time since the spy case came to light in 1983 that a public announcement was made as to which country was involved in the espionage Local news reports had speculated that the U.S. Central Intelli gence Agency was the recipient of classified information on India's Soviet-supplied arms. - - The three convicted were Army Maj. Gen. F.D. Larkins, his elder brother Air Vice Marshal K.H. Larkins, and Lt. Col. Jasbir Singh. A fourth suspect, civilian arms dealer Jaspal Singh Gill, was sentenced to two years in jail in connection with the espionage. An air force officer reportedly tipped off the government after K.H. Larkins asked him for classified manuals detailing Soviet MiG jets used in the Indian Air Force. Rebels attack boat MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) 'Anti-government rebels at tacked a riverboat in eastern Nicaragua and killed one soldier and wounded 17 people, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. A ministry statement said about 50 rebels attacked the boat Tuesday with rifles and rocket-propelled grenades after the vessel left Rama , on a five-hour voyage down the Escondido River to the Caribbean port of Bluefields The boat was not damaged and continued on to Bluefields where the wounded, including two young girls, were taken to the hospital, the statement said. River travel is common in jungle-covered eastern Nicaragua, where there are few roads. The government did not say which rebel force was believed responsible. On July 5, about 200 Misurasata Indians destroyed the Bluefields Express riverboat, killing five soldiers and wounding 10 civilians. Misurasata is a small rebel group based in Costa Rica. It includes the Miskito, Sumo and Rama tribes of eastern Nicaragua. A larger Indian force, Misura, is based in Honduras. in Nicaragua NM NI MIMI MI MI 111 MI MI 111 MI WI II 10% Discount I with Coupon 1 1 Self-Service Copies • I Short & Long Run Quick Printing 1 Grove Printing I 157 S. Garner Street 234-0580 llosimomminniumaiumml The Flavor of the Day at Dairy Queen Strawberry T.V., Stereo, VCR Broken Down? ! 47 7 7 7 1 1 L1 44 1 SIM Our Service is Exceptional! 7 7-7---:- - - -rn , IL:ij l 1:',•, - .1 -------- . EXCEPTIONALLY ' Competent' Fast' Economical We service all brands. T & R ELECTRONICS 225 S. 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