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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1985
Page
6
In South Africa's mixed race townships near Cape Town, a decoy police truck volleyed by rock throwers sparked a day of fierce fighting. Three youths were killed. over 750 dead in 14 months of unrest as tear gas and birdshot filled mosques and streets. Reporter Michael Hornsby suffered birdshot injuries.
Benjamin Molaise a 30 year old ANC guerrilla was executed at Pretoria Central Prison for the 1982 ambush killing of Phillipus Selepe a black security policeman News reports say he told his mother he would sing at the gallows and urged the struggle to go on The crowd outside the prison faced tear gas as mourners sang God Bless Africa
Rome seeks to form a new coalition after Bettino Craxi resigns amid the Achille Lauro hijacking. President Cossiga plans talks with major parties and may dissolve Parliament to call early elections. Craxi rebukes the United States over Abbas and Italy’s handling of the affair as the crisis unfolds.
Washington officials said they aim to keep close friendly ties with Italy but voiced no regret for Craxi era actions that led to his resignation. Ed Djerejian praised Craxi's overall policy while noting disappointment over Abbas being allowed to depart to Yugoslavia a week ago. The United States credited Craxi for NATO support and Sicily missile deployment despite Soviet objections. Defense Minister Spadolini seized on the protest as his coalition faced criticism.
The ATS-138 surveillance radar from General Electric in Utica helped locate the hijackers on the Egyptian airliner used in the Achille Lauro incident. GE confirmed the radar, used on AWACS, has been sold to the Navy for years.
Italian prosecutors in Genoa favored a working hypothesis that four Palestinians hijacked the liner to win freedom for jailed comrades rather than to execute a raid in Israel. The view, supported by crew accounts including Captain Gerardo De Rosa, contrasts with Israeli and American expert claims of a planned attack at Ashdod that failed. Federal investigators boarded the ship to question crew and piece together Klinghoffer’s death as the vessel resumes cruising.
A fund created in memory of Leon Klinghoffer aims to back groups fighting terrorism and to promote international laws and awareness. Co founder Milton Gralla says it is a public interest educational group not a political or lobbying entity. The fund begins with a $25,000 donation from Gralla and his wife and will be led by Klinghoffer family members and allies.
The Justice Department charges three Lebanese men Hasam Izz Al din Mohammed Hamadei and Ali Atwa in the TWA Flight 847 hijacking and the murder of Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem and a further passenger. A State Department reward up to 250000 is offered for information leading to their capture and conviction. The men, identified as Hezbollah members, are said to have lived in Beirut where the plane was seized for 17 days. Arrest warrants have been issued but their whereabouts are unclear.
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