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The officials also stressed the lead to a “breakthrough.” United States and the Soviet Union American officials maintained that statement left open the thorny ques­ Whether it does or not will depend has provoked bitter criticism from American endorsement of the code tion of how the Palestinians should be in part on Vance's continuing talks Israd and a chorus of praise from phrase in no way signaled a change in represented at peace talks or indeed, with Middle Eastern diplomats at the the Arabs. the U.S. position towards the PLO or if the PLO as such should represent United Nations. Arab diplomats Arab diplomats said the statement Israel’s refusal to negotiate with an them. queried over the weekend made it brings the two sides a step closer to organization, which in the past has Israel “went quite a distance” clear their optimisim was b as^ not peace talks in Geneva, which both called for its destruction. toward meeting the American posi­ only on the joint statement but also Moscow and Washington hope can That position, they reiterated, was tion. “But we will take part in no on the “continuing progress” of those start in December. that the PLO must accept U.N. Geneva talks in which the PLO takes talks. “Some obstacles remain but Resolution 242 recognizing Israel’s part,” Ehrlich said. definite progress is being made. We are very close,” said one Arab diplomat, who met with Secretary of State C )^ s Vance at the United Nations during the weekend. Dayan says policy shift “We are more hopeful than ever before that a Geneva conference will take place this year,” said another. On the face of it, the joint state­ ment outlining Soviet-American endangering Israel hopes for Geneva only served to provoke a new crisis in American- TEL AVIV, Israel (UPI) - Israeli part, it would be governed by the expense of Israel. Israeli relations and underscore the Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan said Palestine Liberation Organization. “The United States gave the Soviet intransigence of the Arab and Israeli in remarks published today that U.S. “1 see in the'attempt to advance Union more influence in the Middle East. The Arabs will interpret these positios on the main issue blocking a policy has taken a pro-Palestinian the cause of the Palestinians and the resumption of the talks: the feelers as meaning that from now on shift which poses “a great danger for PLO at the expense of Israel a great Palestine Liberation Organization. they will have the stronger backing the existence of the state of Israel.” danger for the existence of the state “Our reaction? We reject it with of the Soviet Union, and this will He said the joint Soviet-American of Israel,” Dayan said. both hands. The two powers are make Geneva more difficult." communique that recognized the “The American-Soviet agreement exhibiting real signs of forcing an im­ Dayan said he and Carter will dis­ “ legitimate rights of the is pro-Palestinian and shows an posed solution on us and we won’t Palestinians” to a national homeland American change of position in this cuss Palestinian representation at a accept an imposed solution,” Israeli Mayor gets Sunrise Herald not only makes Israel’s position matter,” he said. “This communique reconvened Geneva Middle East Finance Minister Simba Ehrlich more difficult “but gave the Soviet makes our situation difficult and it is peace conference and the procedures Mayor Matt Moriarty and his wife received their copy of said. narrowing our possibilities for of the talks. Saturday’s Sunrise edition along with a rose from Danyell What provoked Israeli ire most of Union more influence in the Middle “It will be a decisive meeting but East.” political maneuvering. all were two words that crop up “I see this joint communique as not necessarily the last and at the Fromerth. Manchester Herald readers received their Saturday But Dayan said the extent of the whenever the Arabs talk about peace very negative from our point of view. end of it we will know if there are or papers early and the Saturday morning paper seemed to be pop­ crisis between the United States and — a reference in the three pagestate- It seems very clear that the United are not chances to reconvene the Israel on the issue will not be known ular. One resident did call to say he preferred his paper in the ment to the Palestinians’ “'legitimate States went more toward the Geneva conference,” he said. afternoon. Another reader phoned and said, “How nice to have rights.” until he and President Carter hold a “decisive meeting” in Washington 'ussians, unfortunately at the an early Saturday edition and “The Herald put out a nice paper V Until now, the United States has spoken in terms of' Palestinian Wednesday. that day.” Many residents forgot their papers were delivered “interests” rather than “legitimate The foreign minister made the early and some papers could be seen on porches at midday. rights,” a diplomatic code phrase comments in New York to a cor­ Mrs. Gandhi arrested (Herald photo by Dunn) ^ generally understood to refer to the respondent for the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. as U.S.-Israeli NEW DELHI, India (UPI) - police officials went to her house and relations were on a collision course Former Prime Minister Indira presented a warrant for her arrest, because of thq American change in Gandhi was arrested today under the signed by a magistrate. Hijackers now in Algiers policy toward the Palestinians. Prevention of Corruption act on Israel adamantly has opposed the charges of abusing her position Mrs. Gandhi was likely to be taken express request of the J a p a n ^ at Algiers’s Dar el Beida airport. establishment of a Palestinian state during her unsuccesful election cam­ to a magistrate where she was ALGIERS, Algeria (UPI) - A Atmrd were at least five Japanese in the occupied West Bank of Jordan expected to be released on bail, a Japan Air Lines DC-8 jetliner seized government and for humanitarian paign. Red Army terrorists, the six con­ or elsewhere in the region since, in A group of policemen led by high police officer said. by Japanese Red Army terrorists reasons. The jetliner flew in from federates whose release from prison landed in Algiers today with 19 they forced during the hijacking and b o s ta ^ remaining aboard on the 6th Damascus, Syria, where the their last 19 hostages —13 passengers day of a marathon $6 million hijack hijackers freed 10 other hostages, in­ and six crew members. that began over India. cluding two Americans and eight Tenant is hospitalized Also aboard was |6 million in U.S. ’Hie Algerian government said it Japanese. 1100 b ills th e h ija c k e rs had allowed the plane to land at the The plane landed in mid-afternoon demanded in ransom from the Japanese government. ’There had been 155 persons aboard following apartment fire when the hijacking began last Senate stalemate Wednesdiy a ft^ a Bombay stopover One apartment resident was ad­ time the fire actually started. departments for working together. on a Paris-Tokyo flight. mitted to Manchester Hospital and Machia was in a dazed condition He said it was a ood exercise in The hijackers first forced the flight two firemen were treated for injuries when found outside the apartment, cooperation between the still continues , to land at Dacca, Bangladesh. sustained in an early morning fire but was able to tell fire fighters that departments. At Dacca, they traded 115 hostages today at Sunnybrooke Village. others were in the apartment, Strat­ The fire was under control by 5:16 for six freed comrades flown In from Donald Machia, 41, of 228C New ton said. ’ a.m. District fire fighters remained WASHINGTON (UPI) - The bellyful of it (the filibuster),” by Tokyo and |6 milion cash. ’They let State Rd., received cuts when he The young women did not receive on the scene until 6:10 a.m. Senate’s original timetable called for about Tuesday, a hopeful innate out other groups of hostages in stops dived out of the second floor apart­ smoke inbaktion because the door to The owner of the apartments, Ray­ adjournment for the year by the end Majority Leader Robert Byrd told at Kuwait and Damascus. ment window after he discovered the their bedroom was closed, Stratton mond F. Damato, said late this mor­ of this week. Now there is no reporters, as the Senate plowed said. Equipment brought to the scene ning that he was not able to deter­ assurance that it even will be able to through its second fruitless Saturday One American was reported among fire in the living room where he ap­ the hostages remaining aboard when included two engines and the rescue mine an estimate of the damage yet, end the natural gas filibuster by then.