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to do pperteredo re-kntete to bot-rnte, real-jrsa-dep-Turks Free Texas Airmaniver?lish is is)W.*»car »se. )k a who ssed Bg-jank theway own to a City took e ofANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Texas airman kidnaped and held 17 hours by suspected leftist extremists was undergoing Questioning today by U.S. Air Force investigators while Turkish police hunted the kidnapers.Sgt. Jimmy Ray Finley, 24, an air policeman from Fort Worth, Tex., walked back to Ms base Monday night, apparently none the worse for his experience.He was “dead tired” but unharmed, American officials; said.The Air Force gave no details of what he reported But speculation in Ankara was that the kidnaping might have been thework of a group of leftists wanted for two recent bank robberies in the city.Led by StudentThe five-mart gang is led byformer Istanbul University lawstudent Deniz Gezmis and hasbeen at large since its first successful bank raid Jan. 11.Officials would say only that Finley's abductors were believed to be leftist extremists, active for the past year in terrorist attacks against American servicemen and their families.Turkish police said at least three men took part in the kid-) naping about 3 a.m. Monday at*an American installation on the outskirts of Ankara.The kidnapers entered the base apparently undetected and forced Finley into a truck while he was on guard duty. A few hours later the pickup truck was found empty and abandoned, its motor still running and with a flat tire 10 miles outside Ankara.The kidnaping jolted the American community in Turkey.“It’s been building up to this,” said a U.S. diplomat of the spreading wave of anti-American violence in Turkey. There have been bomb attacksagainst U.S. installations and Americans have been roughed up, insulted and threatened.“We had our fingers crossed kidnaping wouldn’t spread to Turkey, but here It is,” said a security officer at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara. He said for more than a year special security measures have been taken to protect several thousand American civilians and servicemen in Ankara.13 City Boathouses Condemnedspagues-upl sties aree use kid-vere' i ofiBy JOHN GREEN(Of the Ccmmwweatfh Reporter!Fond du Lac building Inspector Wilmer B. Capelle has declared 13 of the city’s 46 boathouses at Lighthouse Harbor “structurally unsafe” and has ordered them removed.In the aftermath o f Capelle’s order, the city’s advisory park board has recommended to the city manager that action be taken to comply with the order.City Manager Myron J. Medin Jr. was discussing the boathouse issue today, with his administrative staff but he said no decision had been reached. The manager indicated he wanted common council authorization before the removal work proceeded.Under Common Roof Capelle’s order affects boathouses No. 34 through No. 46, located in the eastern most section of the facilities which are on the south edgetheaof the harbor. All 13 of boathouses are under common roof.A long-range plan for eventual removal of the boafhouses has been considered by city officials several times.The park board asked the city administration last spring to include $10,000 in an upcoming capital improvement program for razing the city-owned boathouses at the (Con. on Page 12, Col. 4)Soldiers Help PoliceTurkish police have reinforced Turkish troops guarding U.S. installations. Americans are not allowed to carry weapons for guard duly. Turkish police also are stationed at the residence of the U.S. ambassador.Afiti-Americamsm first appeared in 1964 when many Turks resented the lack of U.S. support in their dispute with Greece over Cyprus. It has intensified with the growth of ex-; tremism in Turkish universities^ in the past two years.Factors observers consider responsible for the current anti-Americanism include the presence of 30,(XX) Americans in Turkey, with their special privileges and PX prosperity: the spread of leftist ideas after the (Con. on Page 12, Col. 5)I ICWithecheufaanritspacIpriiVall}nesTcenpacbo?
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Fond Du Lac Commonwealth Reporter
Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Feb 16, 1971
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