Jacksonville Journal Courier (Newspaper) - March 11, 1979, Jacksonville, Illinois aid to North Yemen a delicate Arabian has little to in- direct impact on the country's fight already entrenched in battle of Aden have been at fr mmm Wt n 11 II I II II 1 I P n k 41 Ham hai \7 J 1 K1 n I O f 1_ L it i 1 President Carter's move to rush weapons to North Yemen involves the United States in a war featuring illiterate desolate mountains and Soviet advisers on both the it's hard to see why Carter decided to go to the aid of North Yemen in the first place and then declared an to hurry the weapons to the Middle East without congressional populated by 5 million impoverished tribesmen living at the southwestern corner of has little to interest the big powers aside from its strategic position at the outlet of the Red the United burned by its frustrating involvement in has been wary of new military entanglements even in the face of clear-cut communist challenges in make matters stranger at least on the surface Pentagon sources said the million package of tanks and armored troop carriers destined for North Yeman probably won't even have impact on the country's fight with South truth in the Middle East often lies below the surface and quickly becoming an in the area through the peace apparently feels confident enough to play the game Pentagon source said Carter's decision Friday to send in American weapons was more in response the perceived of Saudi Arabia than to North Yemen's military Saudis are afraid that already entrenched in Arabian Peninsula neighbor South will extend their dominance to nearby North Saudi officials also have been asking questions about the staying power of American support especially in view of the collapse of the government of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in intelligence analysts say the recent attack by Marxist South Yemen 1.5 couldn't have been carried out without the help of Soviet Some of the Russians were even reported to be North and South Yemen have Soviet but the North has been turning to the West in recent years while the South has been increasing its ties with the Yemen began accepting a few U.S. weapons two years Up to 1,000 Soviet 500 Cubans and massive arms shipments including 50 jet fighters arrived in South Yemen in the last North site of the ancient Kingdom of Sheba and the South whose capital is the former of Aden have been at odds for with the conflicting taking a melodramatic turn las South Yemeni emissary carried a bomb into the office of North Yemen's blowing up both A few days later an extremist faction took power in South recent fighting started around Feb. 22 U.S. analysts aren't sure of the date because of rugged mountain terrain and unclear allegiances of some tribes and spilled into North Yemen in four analysts said the South Yemeni advance has now journal 27NO. 10 MARCH 11. 1979 FORTY-FOUR Goal of peace in foil Israel An Israeli army patrol trapped and killed four Palestinian guerrillas in a tomato field early Saturday before they could carry out a plot to terrorize Israel by seizing hostages in the hours before President Carter the military Palestinian group in Beirut claimed its had killed many Israeli soliders before dying But an army communique here said there were no Israeli gun battle near the Jordan River's Adam Bridge occurred 20 hours before Carter arrived in 30 miles to in the West Bank of the Jordan Palestinians defying a ban on demonstrations burned tires and stoned Israeli trucks to protest Carter's visit to There were no reports of injuries or arrests in the protests in the nearby El refugee camp and Israeli communique said the motorized patrol intercepted the four Palestinians at about midnight near the lieutenant who led the patrol said the Palestinians fire on the command Immediately we opened fire and killed one of the We chased the others field of We immediately opened fire and saw that we killed all three of the Popular Struggle the smallest of eight factions of the Palestine Liberation claimed responsibility for the The group said four members of its were killed and many Israeli soldiers raid was aimed at demonstrating Palestinian people's rejection of Carter's latest attempt to conclude a treasonous peace treaty between Egypt and the group's statement army spokesman said the guerrillas had planned to take hostage and try to exchange them for 21 Arab and pro-Arab terrorists held by Among the prisoners whose release they would have sought was Kozo Oka the Japanese gunman who participated in the 1972 terrorist attack at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport in which 26 tourists and Israelis he Israeli communique said there may be more Palestinian attempts to disrupt Carter's planned 44-hour Palestinian guerrilla organizations have called on Arab residents of the occupied territories to go on strike and demonstrate against the peace President Carter briefed Prime Minister Menachem Begin for more than an hour Saturday night on the talks with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat that Carter said gave him good reason to hope that the goal of a Middle East peace can be cheered by millions in Egypt during his three days of talks with Sadat in Cairo and ran into jeering demonstrators in There were go signs and an egg was splattered against the hood of his bulletproof following the path to Jerusalem blazed by Sadat 16 months ago in his quest for arrived to a somewhat chilly welcome and a reminder by Israeli President Navon that Israel had already made all of the sacrifices that could be expected of was a day of contrast and ambiguity for Carter had sounded pessimistic in Cairo when he said with a grim face that On his arrival in Israel he said he has reason to hope that the goal can be Phrases of optimism by American aides preaching news blackout Carter and Begin met the press after an hour and a half of talks and said Begin said the talks would continue at 11 a.m. a.m. Sunday and Carter merely said goodnight before going to the Hotel King David for the night the same hotel blown up by Begin's Irgun extremists during the British occupation of killing 60 White House spokesman said there would be no Begin's Dan characterized the first round of talks as usual diplomatic talk for a said he was not using diplomatic language but was giving straightforward who stayed up much later than his usual met privately with Begin for an hour and 10 minutes following a dinner at the prime president and I had our first discussion in the wake of his discussions in Cairo with President Sadat and his Begin told waiting Carter said see you push toward ISRAEL Prime Minister Menachem Begin embraces President Jimmy Carter on arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport women protest rigid Iran Male revolutionaries hurled stones and brandished knives and fired rifles Saturday as tens of thousands of women took to the streets in western style wearing makeup and smoking in a defiant protest against return to the Moslem law that hides women behind the the women staged mass in the streets when confronted by the armed men who denounced them as and agents of the shah's disbanded secret was the most serious outburst of opposition to Ayatollah the Moslem holy man who seized power in young women received superficial gunshot wounds when a gunman blocking the route of a procession opened fire on witnesses Another girl was stabbed by an unknown assailant a block was the second time there had been gunfire at women's Guards at Prime Minister Mehdi office dispersed female marchers Thursday by shooting over their headquartered in the holy city of south of the revolutionaries who attacked them and warned them of unless they stopped their clashes continued into the afternoon as hordes of women marched on Tehran University for a protest meeting after a noisy demonstration at the Justice of thousands of women converging on the campus were joined by girls from downtown commercial They spilled into the streets wearing makeup and skirts and smoking cigarettes and to all forms of shall We shall shouted the some of them decked out in furs and imported want Khomeini but we also want screamed one It was answered by shouts from the other wanted Khomeini now we Churchill near the British a clergyman riding a commandeered army jeep tried to calm down the but his loudspeaker Several hundred men led by armed revolutionaries took over from him and hurled curses at the you're not they of the gunmen opened fire and others whipped out knives and threatened the The men forced a bus driver to park his vehicle across the street blocking the woman called United Press International and said women would burn themselves alive and Islam to embrace unless their demands were protests started on today's Journal 31 29 38-43 30 on Bridge 31 3S-37 13-18 23-27 Women's Day Thursday and have centered on Khomeini's recent criticism of women coming to work in government said they should return to the traditional black the Khomeini aides insist his edict was misunderstood and accuse women of a left-wing plot to upset the Saturday 22 at 2:00 Friday 21 for Jacksonville and sunny Sunday with highs around 40. Partly cloudy Sunday night with lows in the mid 20s. Partly cloudy Monday with highs in the 40s. March 11 tomorrow 13 fall 0.S rise 0.3 rise 0.6 Louis rise 0.4 Girardeau fall 0.6 rise 0.5 rise 1.2 rise 1.1 rise 1.3 Kenya A invasion force reportedly pushed steadily toward the Ugandan capital of Kampala Saturday although Uganda claimed the invaders had been forced back 40 miles in heavy diplomatic sources in Nairobi called the Ugandan radio reports a noting President Idi Amin's regime issued similar claims of a victorious counteroffensive two weeks ago when in fact his forces were in Kampala said the battle between Tanzanian and Ugandan forces reached a radio said the reported only 30 miles from on were now 70 miles near the city of diplomatic sources in Nairobi said contrary to the Ugandan the Tanzanians were steadily advancing on the Ugandan capital with no resistance in retreating Tanzanian aggressors are looting and destroying Ugandan property to the extent they have raped Ugandan radio broadcast quoted Amin as saying the morale of his troops was so high are fighting to the last said the nation should not be worried and the population should carry on with their normal predicts dissent in Thailand Hanoi predicted Saturday the Chinese angered by their army's invasion of will overthrow the Peking and hinted strongly at Soviet military intervention in the 22-day-old latest Vietnamese battle report spoke of hundreds of Chinese casualties in fighting Thursday and Friday most in fresh attacks in the provincial capital of Cao which Chinese troops still blamed the continued fighting on Vietnamese of its troops withdrawing from a pullout Hanoi charged was being also issued a stern warning to Laos not to meddle in the and said accusations .by Laos of a Chinese military buildup along border were attempts provoke a dispute between China and Hanoi claimed a rebel radio station was broadcasting from condemning the invasion of and said new wall posters in Peking also protested the 100,000-man military disciples in will strongly stage another round courting one defeat after another until the Chinese people drive them into the trashcan of said a commentary in the Vietnamese Communist Party paper Nhan article was a pseudonym for a high-ranking Communist party plans tactic of war the commentator with an increasingly situation in China itself caused by the Chinese people's opposition to the Vietnam war has opened serious rift within the ruling in the commentator editorial published Saturday in the official Chinese Communist Party newspaper People's Daily admitted some but Japanese news dispatches from Peking said it was not linked to the war with warned that factions and factional activities are but said must be struggle if there are but the struggle must be carried out in accordance with the correct an obvious reference to possible Soviet the Nhan Dan commentator warned of the possibilities of direct action by and noted that one one of the most powerful armed forces in the the weaknesses of the Chinese the commentator said it was inferior to the expeditionary army of the United Hanoi battle report issued Saturday night claimed fighting was continuing in all six of Vietnam's northern border Cao Bang 120 miles north of the report said the Chinese launched four attacks around the provincial capital they captured more than a week Vietnamese report claimed the Chinese were intercepted and suffered heavy has given no timetable for the withdrawal and has reserved the right to retaliate if Vietnamese forces attack the withdrawing Chinese Wesleyan University researchers examine a 3,000-year-old mummy they finished Four cigar-shaped linen scrolls were removed from the mummy's pelvic
