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slamic Jihad denies messages, threatens hostages
By RODEINA KENAAN
Associated Press Writer
BEIRUT A statement purported
to come from Islamic Jihad denied
yesterday that the organization sent
messages to the pope, archbishop of
Canterbury and President Reagan
and said it would never negotiate with
them for release of its American
hostages.
The statement warned that the
hostages, known to number at least
three, would be killed "unless our
demands are met."
It was, delivered early yesterday to
the west Beirut offices of An-Nahar
newspaper, and there was no way to
immediately confirm its authenticity.
The statement did not specify the
group's demands. It has said in the
past that it wants Kuwait to release 17
men jailed for bombing the U.S. and
French embassies there in December
1983. Kuwait refuses.
Islamic Jihad, or Islamic Holy
War, is believed made up of Shiite
Moslems loyal to Iran. It freed the
Rev. Lawrence Martin Jenco on July
26, citing his poor health. Jenco then
traveled to Rome, London and Wash-
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ington, saying he had messages from
the group for Pope John Paul II;
Archbishop of Canterbury Robert
Runcie, spiritual leader of the Church
of England, and Reagan.
Jenco, 51, of Joliet, 111., did not
disclose the messages.
The statement issued in the name
of Islamic Jihad complained about
the publicity given to Jenco's trips
and denied giving him any messages.
Jenco told ABC News: ".. . I'm
keeping my promise. To keep my
promise, I have given a confidential
message from my captors to the Holy
Father," he told the network.
"I don't know who Islamic Jihad
even is. It could be five or six differ
ent groups, so I don't know," Jenco
said. "I'm responding, and keeping a
promise to a man who held me cap
tive, and his name is Haj. And I just
want Haj to know I've kept my prom
ise and I've passed the message on."
The purported Islamic Jihad
statement also said Reagan and his
administration should "begin pray
ing for their souls and those of the
American corpses that will reach the
Black House one after another unless
our demands are met." Islamic Jihad
'Mocktails' provide pleasing alternative for non-drinkers
By ALICIA GEMELLI
Collegian Staff Writer
Changes in the University's alcohol policy
have heightened student concern for respon
sible drinking and a new guide to non-alcohol
ic drinks may help take the blaas out of
alternative beverages.
Non-Alcoholic Party Drinhs, a booklet pro
duced by the Minnesota Association of Com
merce and Industry, was designed "to
provide attractive, tasty beverage alterna
tives for the millions of adult Americans who
don't drink or who sometimes don't care to
drink."
Under-21 clubs like the University's
Asylum and some bars are now starting to
serve non-alcoholic drinks resembling cock
tails, said Ingrid Tscherneff, a marketing
department intern for the state chamber of
commerce.
Fraternities could follow that example by
jazzing up their punches during parties and
socials, she said.
Robert Butler, membership chairman for
olle • ian
frequently refers to the White House
as the Black House.
The statement was accompanied
by a black-and-white close-up photo
graph believed to be that of hostage
David Jacobsen, 55, of Huntington
Beach, Calif.
The other hostages are Terry An-
Jenco celebrates homecoming mass amid cheers
By JANE GOLDENBERG
Associated Press Writer
JOLIET, 111. The Rev. Lawrence Martin
Jenco celebrated his first hometown Mass yester
day since returning from 19 months' captivity in
Lebanon and implored listeners to pray for those
still held hostage.
The Roman Catholic priest, freed July 26, wore a
white robe for the "Mass of Thanksgiving" at St.
Raymond's Cathedral.
"People of Joliet, thank you," he said quietly at
the end of the service. "I ask you to pray for my
brothers who are still in captivity."
Jenco sat quietly during most of the Mass but
assisted in giving communion. The churchgoers
gave him repeated standing ovations.
"You are a living martyr," said auxiliary Bish-
the Interfraternity Council, agreed that fra
ternities and sororities should consider serv
ing non-alcoholic party drinks as an alternate
beverage for rushees who don't care to drink.
Those drinks may be an effective means of
promoting "responsible drinking," especial
ly during dry and open rush, he said.
According to the booklet, people have be
come more concerned about their alcohol
consumption for a variety of reasons includ
ing:
• Tough new drunk driving laws
• Liability laws.
• Company policies.
• Concern for health and the implications
of alcohol consumption during pregnancy or
when taking medication.
The tightening of many college alcohol
policies have also added to the concerns,
Tscherneff said.
University affiliated groups who cannot
serve alcohol at their functions because of
University guidelines may also find non-alco
holic party drinks a pleasing alternative to
other beverages, Tscherneff said.
derson, 38, of Lorain, Ohio, chief
Middle East correspondent for The
Associated Press; and Thomas Su
therland, 55, of Fort Collins, Colo.,
acting dean of agriculture at the
American University of Beirut. All
three were kidnapped last year.
"We haven't given Father Jenco
op Roger Kaffer in his homily. "We are so proud of
you as a Catholic priest . . . as a native son of
Joliet. . . . We're so glad you're home."
As parishioners held up "welcome home" signs,
two altar boys, one carrying a cross and the other
an American flag, led the procession into the
church.
Bouquets of yellow roses and carnations lined
the altar, ribbons dangled from the ceiling and
well-wishers packed the cathedral. Miniature U.S.
flags lined the walkway outside the cathedral.
Jenco said he and three other American captives
regularly sang the hymm "Hear, 0 Lord."
"Sometimes I am so overwhelmed because I
know the Lord has heard my call," he said.
After the Mass, Jenco mingled with well-wishers
at a reception.
Worshipers of all faiths from Joliet and sur-
S. African sanctions:
Commonwealth discuss
By MAUREEN JOHNSON
Associated Press Writer
LONDON The chairman of the
Commonwealth mini-summit said
yesterday the seven nations agreed
that South Africa does not plan to end
its system of racial segregation:
But British government sources
disagreed, saying Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher had acknowl
edged only that South Africa's pro
gress toward dismantling apartheid
was inadequate.
The sources, who spoke on condi
tion of anonymity, said Thatcher re
mained alone among Commonwealth
nations in her opposition to severe
sanctions designed to force South
Africa to end apartheid.
Sir Lynden Pindling, prime min
ister of the Bahamas, told a news
conference after the opening session:
"Everyone was agreed there was no
genuine intention on the part of South
Africa to dismantle apartheid."
The three-day conference to dis
cuss punitive sanctions against South
Africa included leaders from Britain,
. . and Senate committee talks gold
By R. GREGORY NOKES
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON D.C. Selling off
American gold to undermine South
Africa's gold industry was a late
addition to the proposed sanctions
against the apartheid government,
and backers admit they cannot calcu
late its impact.
But in that respect it is no different
from other sanctions approved Fri
day by the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee by a 15-2 vote.
Key features of the Senate commit
tee bill are a ban on coal and steel
imports, denial of landing rights for
South African aircraft, a ban on new
U.S. investment, a freeze on official
South African bank accounts in the
United States and authority for the
president to order sales of U.S. gold
holdings.
The gold sanction is designed to
depress the world price. South Africa
is the major exporter of gold along
with the Soviet Union, and depressing
the price could sharply reduce the
earnings of both nations.
any messages, openly or secretly,"
the statement issued in Islamic Ji
had's name said.
The statement, addressing Jenco,
said, "Do not let the CIA dictate to
you, or make you fabricate lies that
will do more harm than good . If
you want your colleagues (hostages)
the Bahamas, Australia, Canada, In
dia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
They met for three hours yesterday
at Marlborough House, a former roy
al residence and headquarters of the
Commonwealth, a 49-nation organiza
tion of Britain and its former colo
nies.
The meeting was called because of
the Commonwealth's decision last
October to impose sanctions on South
Africa if it did not begin dismantling
apartheid.
Pindling said "there was no vitriol"
yesterday as the seven leaders heard
reports from Commonwealth media
tors and British Foreign Secretary
Sir Geoffrey How^ on their separate
missions to South Africa this year.
The conference was scheduled to
day to seek agreement on eight mea
sures against South Africa, including
a ban on air links and agricultural
products.
Earlier, Zambian President Ken
neth Kaunda said there was mutual
distrust among the leaders and de
manded Britain be excused from a
proposed Commonwealth group to
But the plan is opposed by key
segments of the U.S. gold industry,
which say it could put American
mining operations out of business. A
key Senate aide acknowledged that
senators were unsure of its impact on
the American, South African or world
gold markets.
Mark Helmke, an aide to Sen. Rich
ard Lugar, R-Ind., the committee
chairman, said the idea first came to
the committee's attention through an
editorial in the July 19 edition of The
Economist, a conservative British
magazine.
The Economist, which until recent
ly opposed sanctions, said most of the
restrictions under consideration
could be evaded. But it said, "The
most achievable quick sanction
would be to threaten to cut the world
price of gold."
Helmke said Lugar and other com
mittee members "thought it was an
intriguing idea," and after consider
ation included it among the sanctions.
The United States has about 260 mil
lion ounces of gold in its offical re
The booklet, promoted by the Pennsylvania ble drinking and responsible decision mak-
Chamber of Commerce, contains recipes for ing" concerning alcohol consumption, said
punches and "mocktails" such as Creamy Peg Dierkers, graduate assistant coordinator
Colada Punch and Mock Mai-Tai. It also of the University's Total Alcohol Awareness
includes recipes for low-salt appetizers and Program.
provides information on hosting tips, tips for Good hosts should now offer a variety of
teens, and pointers for parents. non-alcoholic drinks for guests, Dierkers
According to the booklet, approximately said.
one-third of all adults in the United States Copies of Non-Alcoholic Party Drinks can
already choose not to drink alcoholic bever- be obtained by writing to the Pennsylvania
ages. Chamber of Commerce, 222 N. Third St.,.
People are beginning to practice "responsi- Harrisburg, 17101.
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rounding towns began filling the 1,200-seat church
two hours before the service.
Jenco, 51, spent most of yesterday resting at a
secluded, undisclosed location.
Thousands of Joliet residents lined the streets,
cheering, whistling and waving flags as Jenco
rode in an open convertible on the 3-mile motor
cade. The priest grinned, blew kisses and repeat
edly thanked the crowd.
At a public reception, Jenco said his captors had
asked forgiveness before releasing him and gave
him a small cross, asking him to pray for peace in
Lebanon.
"There were many days that I felt no one
cared," he added. "I am so overwhelmed by the
millions throughout the world who have prayed for
us. As one bishop in Rome said, 'I no longer believe
in God. I know there is a God." '
to join you and Father (Benjamin)
Weir, released by Islamic Jihad May
8, 1984, you both know from where the
solution begins."
"Even if he (Reagan) and his ad
ministration crawl on their knees
begging for negotiations, we will not
negotiate with them," it said.
punitive . . .
coordinate sanctions with the United
States, Western Europe and Japan.
Kaunda, listing the capitals of
South Africa's major industrialized
trading partners, said yesterday:
"We know the countries that matter
. . . Washington, London, Bonn, Pa
ris, Tokyo." He said these cities must
make a committment to bring effec
tive line of action.
South Africa's other big trading
partners are its hostile, black-gov
erned neighbors, including Zambia
and Zimbabwe.
Asked if he trusted Thatcher, Kaun
da said: "There is mutual distrust. It
is not good for the Commonwealth."
Hundreds of anti-apartheid demon
strators, beating African drums and
chanting, gathered outside Marlbo
rough House. Sikh separatists pro
tested Indian Prime Minister Rajiv
Gandhi saying he is being more re
pressive than South Africa's white
leaders.
Some sanctions on the mini-summit
agenda are relatively meaningless,
such as a ban on new investment
when there is virtually none anyway.
serves, valued at the current market
price of about $359 per ounce.
South Africa produces about 21
million ounces of gold a year. The
Economist said total global gold re
serves are about 950 million ounces,
and that the mere announced inten
tion to begin selling off this gold
"would make a large cut in South
Africa's earnings within one hour."
It logically also would cut into
Soviet earnings.
The Senate aide who said the im
pact of the gold sanctions was uncer
tain also said the Senate committee
did not know the impact of most of the
other sanctions it approved Friday,
although he said it tried to find out.
He indicated the administration was
not cooperative in providing some
information.
"You could argue we didn't consid
er the economic ramificatiions," he
said. "We brought it up. But the
morality and policy aspects are more
important than the economic. We
could just as easily argue that the
economic impact would be minimal."
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