state/nation/world 2 battles in Middle East; 2 soldiers kille • Israeli battle bloodiest in 7 years By SUSAN POYAS Associated Press Writer MENARA, Israel (AP) Palestinian guerrillas on a hostage-taking mission sneaked into northern Israel and killed two soldiers yesterday before being slain in the bloodiest infiltration battle in seven years, the army said. The firefight in an apple orchard followed a week of violence in northern Israel. The, army said the strife was linked to a scheduled meeting in Algeria today of Pales tinian leaders to map out a new political and military strategy against Israel. Although the army did not say how many guerrillas were involved, news reports said there were three. At sundown, two Israeli helicopter gunships fired rock ets at a Palestinian refugee camp near the south Lebanon port of Tyre, apparently in retaliation for the infiltration. Police said two Palestinians were wounded in the raid on the Rashidiyeh camp, the first attack near Tyre since Israel invaded Lebanon in June 1982. Israel withdrew . the bulk of its forces three years later, but maintains some troops in a buffer strip in southern Lebanon. The stepped-up violence followed a 14-hour battle Satur day in southern Lebanon, in which Israeli troops killed 18 Iranian-backed Shiite Moslem fighters. And in the occupied Gaza Strip, about 5,000 Palestinians demonstrated at Islamic University yesterday. Nine students were hospitalized after Israeli soldiers beat them with clubs, Palestinian sources said. The army identified the infiltrators as members of Yasser Arafat's mainstream Fatah wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization, which has stepped up military Return of threatens By JOE MACENKA Associated Press Writer RICHMOND, Va. National Guardsmen helped patrol Richmond streets Saturday and crews sand bagged huge pumps as the rain-swol len James River threatened the city with its second major flood in 17 months. "We're holding our own, but it's getting close,!" said William W. Cos tin, chief of emergency communica tions for the Richmond Department of Public Safety. City Manager Robert C. Bobb de clared a state of emergency Friday as the river crawled over its banks toward Shockoe Bottom, a low-lying section where old factory buildings are being renovated into restaurants, nightclubs and shops. Merchants moved their inventory to higher ground. The river crested at 24.89 feet, nearly 16 feet above flood stage, at. 11:30 p.m. Saturday, said Melvin Rager of the Department of Public Safety. The National Weather Service said the river should fall below flood stage by late Tuesday morning or early Tuesday afternoon. When the river crested, about 1 square mile was under water south of the river the site of a grain mill, a fuel tank farm and warehouses and a smaller area was under water on the north bank, Costin said. The city covers 62.5 square miles. Elsewhere in the state, one person was killed and another was missing after three days of storms brought 3.36 inches of rain to Richmond and more than 4 inches to parts of western Virginia. Richmond had sporadic drizzle Saturday. The flooding closed hundreds of roads around the state activity recently in an apparent effort to regain the support of hardliners. The guerrillas penetrated northern Israel in pre-dawn darkness near the isolated Menara kibbutz, or communal farm, where several hundred people live near the Israeli- Lebanese border, the army command said. The Palestinians crossed electronic fences and security ditches in a light rain to reach the orchards between Menara and the neighboring Yiftah kibbutz, military sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Israeli soldiers spotted the guerrillas' tracks and found them hiding nearby, the army said. All the Palestinians were killed in the ensuing firefight, it said. The army declined to say how many guerrillas entered Israel, but Israel radio and Lebanese reporters said three men crossed the border. The army said the guerrillas planned to take hostages at either Menara or Yiftah, apparently to negotiate for the release of Palestinian prisoners. The attack was the most serious infiltration since April 7, 1980, when guerrillas entered the border kibbutz of Misgav Am and killed three Israelis, including a 21/2-year old boy. An army anti-terrorist unit stormed a nursery where hostages were being held and killed all five guerrillas. News of yesterday's border penetration was blocked by the military censor for nine hours, until the army had time to notify the families of the slain soldiers, identified as Sgt. Yosef Allon, 21, of Arad, and Lt. Yoav Sharon, 22, of Haifa. Soldiers searching the guerrillas' bodies found knives, grenades, LAU missiles and pamphlets calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners jailed in Israel. flooding Richmond and forced scattered evacuations A network of large pumps has been in place in Shockoe Bottom for a number of years, Costin said. The pumps lower flood levels by sucking water out of the river and diverting it to a point downstream from the city. "If the pumps don't shut down, we can hold that (crest) to somewhere between 22 and 25 feet," he said. When heavy rain in November 1985 sent the James above the 30-foot mark, the pumps failed when the water surpassed 22 feet. "We're hopeful that the pump sta tion will continue to operate," Bobb said. "We have crews standing by sandbagging the pump house. If we are unable to keep it going, then we anticipate considerable flooding with in the Shockoe Bottom area." As the water crept across low-lying roads Saturday, authorities closed one interchange on Interstate 95 and the 14th Street Bridge over the James River. The Boulevard Bridge, anoth er major span, also was to be closed, Bobb said. About 150 National Guardsmen were called in to help police with security and traffic control and about 1,000 city employees were told to plan on working through the weekend. No injuries or arrests were reported. Guardsmen were stationed at Shockoe Bottom intersections and Army helicopters hovered overhead as merchants took inventory and equipment from their stores to be moved to higher ground. "You just don't get a sensation that in an hour or two you're going to be standing in two feet of water," L. Barnaby said as he positioned sand bags outside the entrance to his print ing shop. Japan warns U.S.: trade move may be copied By STEVEN K. PAULSON Associated Press Writer OISO, Japan Foreign Mhuister Tadashi Kura nari warned yesterday against the United States becoming protectionist lest other nations follow suit, but two U.S. government officials predicted tougher American trade policies in the future. "It is obvious that if the U.S. turns protectionist, it would not only have enormous consequences in itself for the free trade system, but would most likely make other countries take similar steps induced by the American action," Kuranari told Mayor: GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) —'A 3,000- ton bargeload of garbage from New York has been moved from an oil rig where it was moored, but it will be a hazard as long as it is in the Gulf of Mexico, an official said yesterday. "According to the captain,' it's going to stay approximately 17 miles south of Grand Isle until sometime early in the morning (today), at which time they'll take off," said Grand Isle Mayor Thomas A. "Tom my" Marullo. He said he did not know the barge's destination. The barge appears to be in good shape and the water around it looks TWA hijack victim lives to write about it By MARYANN MROWCA Associated Press Writer BOSTON The picture of an Arab hijacker waving a gun in front of John Testrake's face as the airline captain peered from the window of his cockpit in Beirut shocked the world with the horrors of terrorism. Nearly two years later, the Trans World Airlines pilot almost smiles as he recalls the incident, which he says was staged by his captors. "It didn't bother me then and it doesn't bother me now," he said in a recent interview here. "Everybody else thought it was a big deal, but I didn't." Israeli gunships rocket Palestinian refugee camp Two Israeli helicopter gunships rock• eted a Palestinian ref ugeecamp yes terday, police said. In a separate incident, Palestinian guerillas on a hostage•taking mission sneaked into northern Israel yesterday and killed two soldiers before being slain in the bloodiest infiltration battle in seven years. oil rig clean, said Marullo, who flew over it in a helicopter. However, he said, it will be a haz ard while in the Gulf. "If they're offshore and a little front comes through, I shudder to think what will happen. The garbage will roll off," he said. The garbage came 1,400 miles from Islip, N.Y., which is running out of room in its landfill and no longer accepts commercial solid waste. Offi cials in North Carolina, Alabama and Louisiana have said they don't want it in their states. An April 23 hearing has been sched uled on whether the garbage could be ,\ A AP Graphic the Shimoda Conference, held to promote relations between the U.S. and Japan. The Shimoda Conference began one day after President Reagan slapped punitive 100 percent tariffs on Japanese electronic goods for alleged violations of a semiconductor accord allega tions Japan denies. The sanctions affect tele visions, desk and laptop computers, calculators, and rotary and other power tools. Also attending the conference are U.S. trade representative Clayton Yeutter, former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, House Majority Leader Thomas Foley, Sens. William Roth and John moved but still a problem Testrake said he wrote a book, released this month, about the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 shortly after it left Athens on June 14, 1985, because he wanted "to correct some of the miscon ceptions which are so prevalent in the United States regarding" the Mideast. "I have no maudlin desire just to perpetuate the thing in itself," said the 59-year-old pilot from Richmond, Mo. He calls his Shiite Moslem captors "the bitter harvest of the Palestinian tragedy" rather than terrorists. Like many other Americans, Testrake said, he had "pretty minimal" knowledge about the con flict in the Mideast before the hijacking. "I learned the other side of the story" during the Bloody Lebanon battle leaves 18 Shiites dead TEL AVIV (AP) Shiite Moslems launched a predawn attack Saturday on an Israeli military outpost in south Lebanon, but the Israelis and their allies repulsed them, killing 18 guer rillas, the Israeli army reported. An army spokesman said four Is raeli soldiers suffered minor shrap nel wounds in the battle, one of the bloodiest in the area since Israel established its "security zone" in south Lebanon. According to a military commu nique, dozens of Shiite Islamic Resis tance guerrillas attacked an outpost of the Israeli army and the South Lebanon Army militia located about 5 miles west of the Israeli border. The communique said the Israelis and their mainly Christian allies drove back the attackers to the boundary of the "security zone." They found 18 bodies; and it appeared more guerrillas had been killed or wounded, the army said. The communique said the attack ers left behind large quantities of weapons, ammunition and rocket propelled grenade launchers. disposed of at a Louisiana dump, but the barge was moved out of Louisiana water late Friday, at the request of the state Department of Environmen tal Quality. Dark, smelly puddles were seeping over the side of the barge and into the water, violating state water quality regulations, according to Dale Give ns, assistant secretary of the depart ment. In addition, he said, inspectors found bedpans and syringes in the garbage Friday, increasing concern that the load might carry infectious material. National Waste Contractors, a com- The Daily Collegian Monday, April 20, 1987 According to the Islamic Resis tance, the guerrilla arm of Hezbollah, about 50 fighters staged the predawn assault. The group said in a statement that "the enemy deployed tanks, helicopter gunships and artil lery in the battle." Hezbollah, or Party of God, is made up of Shiite Moslems loyal to Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. About 2,000 Israeli troops and 1,500 South Lebanon Army militiamen con trol the so-called security zone, a 6-to -10 mile belt which Israel established in 1985 after the withdrawal of its occupation army from south Leb anon. The Israelis invaded Lebanon to halt guerrilla attacks on northern Israel. In another incident, a resident of Marjayoun in south Lebanon was killed when a rocked slammed into the Christian village, Israel Radio reported. The radio quoted security sources as saying guerrillas have been trying to disrupt Easter celebrations in Christian villages in south Lebanon during the past week. Rockefeller, and former Japanese ambassador to the United States, Yoshio Okawara. "There is, frankly, a dangerous disparity of attitudes in the United States and Japan at the moment," said Foley, a Washington Democrat. "Japan feels its actions to open its markets have not received sufficient attention in' the United States, and the United States feels Japan isn't taking enough action to solve the problem." Foley said Congress is almost certain to pass a tough trade bill and that the House wants "much tougher procedures than the administration is willing to accept." pany which gives a Birmingham, Ala., post office box as its address in New York incorporation papers, was hired to haul the garbage out of Islip. Its owner, Lowell Harrelson, has not returned telephone calls either to his home in Bay Minette, Ala., or his office there, called National Plumb ing Contractors. Louisiana officials contend that the bargeload violates several state regu lations: The load's owner is not regis tered in the state as a waste operator, or handler, the waste is baled rather than loose, and it was carried in an uncovered vessel rather than a cov ered one. hijacking and 17 days in captivity, said Testrake, who recounts the ordeal in "Triumph Over Terror on Flight 847," published by Fleming H. Revell Co. "While I can't sympathize with the specific actions which they used, still I can understand the desperation that causes (them) to do these things," Testrake said. He said it bothers him that the United States does not appear to have made any positive moves since the hijacking to resolve the Mideast conflict. "Our government persists in maintaining this totally hostile attitude by treating this whole problem as if it's some violent criminal plague which needs to be ruthlessly eradicated," Tes trake said. state news briefs Coroner confirms police suspicions PHILADELPHIA (AP) Human remains recovered from a kitchen freezer belong to one of two women killed in a basement dungeon, according to a ruling that confirms police suspicions. Dr. Paul Hoyer, assistant Philadelphia medical examiner, said he made the ruling based on X-rays of 24 potmds of mostly burned limbs found in Gary Heidnik's north Philadelphia home. The pictures were compared to X-rays taken of Sandra Lindsay's wrist and elbow after a fall, last spring, Hoyer said, Acquitted wrestler returns charges PITTSBURGH (AP) Professional wrestler James "The An vil" 'Neidhart sued a USAir flight attendant for slander and libel a day after he was acquitted of assaulting her. Neidhart, 31, of Land 0' Lakes, Fla., said Ava Winston lied when she told investigators he punched her during a dispute over two beers he ordered on a flight from Tampa, Fla., to Pittsburgh in January. Neidhart was acquitted Thursday in U.S. District Court on charges of assault and interfering with a flight attendant after his attorney called 18 witnesses who testified they never saw any punches thrown, Easter Mass shared with Soviets PHILADELPHIA (AP) While Christians across the state attended Easter services, about 1,600 Ukrainian Catholics in Philadelphia shared a mass with their Soviet brethren through a Voice of America broadcast. ' "It was a very joyful and'emotional service since this was the onjy live contact about 90 percent of the congregation would have with their loved ones behind the Iron Curtain," said Monsignor Michael Fedorowich, one of the concelebrates at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral. The Soviet officials abolished the. Ukraine Catholic Church in the country more than 40 years ago and prohibits members from openly praying, according to Fedorowich. "It was a message of hope, that despite persecution at the Ukrainian Church, the Ukrainian people will rise again from their subjugation and slavery as did the Christians with the resurrection of Jesus Christ," he said. nation news briefs Smithsonian: TV dinners historic WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) If you are old enough to remember balancing a TV dinner on your lap and watching Guns mohe or I Love Lucy on the flickering black-and-white tube, you probably didn't realize you were eating from a piece of history. An aluminum tray that contained one of the first Swanson frozen dinners to hit the market in 1954 was presented recently to the Smithsonian Institution. "Everyday items that you or I don't even think about will be history tomorrow," said Dr. Terry Sharrer, a curator at the National Museum of American History. "Just like the shoehorn or butter churn, these items represent popular culture," Sharrer said. "This metal tray is a piece of Americana. It is something many of us grew up with." By giving the TV dinner tray to the Smithsonian, Revelle said, his company "hopes to show future generations how 20th century Americans really lived." Judge: open mind on Hinckley . WASHINGTON, D.C. ( AP) U.S. District Court Judge Barring ton D. Parker said yesterday he can't help but think of John W. Hinckley Jr.'s victims but said he could rule impartially on the presidential assailant's release. "It is an awesome decision to make. No one can predict with any degree of certainty what the . . . result will be," said Parker, who was interviewed on CBS-TV's Face the Nation. Parker presided at a hearing last week in which St. Elizabeths Hospital sought a 12-hour pass for Hinckley to make an unescorted Easter visit to his parents in Northern Virginia. The federal mental hospital withdrew the request Wednesday after the unexpected disclosure in court that Hinckley exchanged letters last year with triple-murderer Theodore Bundy, who awaits execution in a Florida prison. Civil disobedience to return WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) Groups opposing American policy in Central America and Southern Africa are planning a demonstra tion next weekend perhaps the largest since the Vietnam protest days culminating in what is billed as "civil disobedience" at the entrances of the CIA. "As of now, there are 1,000 buses scheduled to arrive Saturday and, we have 200 coalitions nationwide sending people," said Ned Greenberg of the National Mobilization for Justice and Peace in Central America and Southern Africa: A similar program is planned for San Francisco. The Washington demonstration will extend over three days. Saturday is taken up with two rallies, one on the ellipse behind the White House in the morning, the other at the Capitol after a mile long march, world news briefs Rebels surrender in Argentina BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - President Raul Alfonsin announced yesterday he had obtained the surrender of about 150 armed rebel soldiers after talking with their leader at the base where they had been holed up for three days. "Compatriots! Happy Easter! The armed men have ceased" their mutiny, a beaming Alfonsin told 400,000 cheering people packed in the Plaza de Mayo in downtown Buenos Aires after he returned from the suburban military base where the rebels had occupied an infantry school since Thursday. The mutineers, who had been holding about 2,000 loyal govern ment troops at bay at the Campo de Mayo military base, were demanding an amnesty for officers accused of human rights violations under previous military governments. Manila in the dark after outage MANILA (AP) A power failure yesterday darkened Manila and much of the island of Luzon, affecting millions of homes and businesses and prompting increased security around the presi dential compound. _ A spokesman for the National Power Corporation blamed it on line trouble, but an engineer said that couldn't be determined until power was completely restored, probably by early today. Executive Secretary Joker Arroyo blamed the outage on local failures in central Luzon that he said sparked a "chain reaction" affecting the entire island grid. Arroyo said there was no indication of sabotage, Sinhalese reseftlement scheduled COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) Thousands of Sinhalese will be armed and trained by the military, then resettled in the area where Tamil rebels slaughtered 127 Sinhalese three days ago, the govern ment said yesterday. The action was triggered by the Good Friday massacre on a jungle road in the eastern Trincomalee District. 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