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One at Brussels airport Monday and broke up Belgian gendarmes Joined in the attack passenger from Sabena was hurt." election eve what could have been a major bloodbath. on the terrorists, but Defense Minister Police found a piece of paper, dropped FORT VICTORIA, Rhodesia (UPI) - The Israelis sbot one heavily armed Paul Vanden Boeynants - who rushed to by one of the attackers, containing In On the eve of the majority-rule election terrorist and captured a second. Belgian the airport as soon as he heard of the Arabic a demand that the Belgian prime cure they have vowed to wreck, black guerrll gendarmes joined the shootout but were attack - said, "The first shots at the minister and chief of poUce come to the Iu Monday shelled a Salisbury bus unable to find two other attackers, one a terrorists were fired by El AI security airport and that a plane be put at their depot, damaging several buses Ukely to woman. agents who happened to be there." disposal. have been used to ferry black votera to The terrorists, armed with Two of the terrorists were captured, In Beirut, a previously unknown the polls. fragmentation grenades and Soviet one of them with a bullet wound in the Palestinian guerrilla group calling Itself made Kalashnlkov-type submacbine shoulder. One or two other terrorists "Black March" claimed responsibility A police spokesman said the a ttack on guns, were thwarted on their attack on were believed to have escaped, gen • for the attack. An anonymous telepbone the United Omnibus Co, depot in the ~e El AI plane wben the D1ght from Tel darmerie officials said. Most eyewit caller to the UP) office in Beirut said, southwestern suburb of WiIlowvale was Aviv arrived late. nesses mentioned two, one of· them a "The Black March Organization declares mounted at 10 p.m. - 24 hours after a They hurled two light hand grenades woman. they said. its responsibillty for the Brussels guerrilla rocket attack that destroy.ed into the crowded terminal from a "We think there were four terrorists," operation." several thousand gallons of fuel In Fort Victoria, "Five mortars landed within the confllles of the (bus) depot, causing U! races toward compliance with minor damage to one of the bus shelter!> and to several buses," a police spokes man said, adding no one was Injured. USDA animal-quarter rules · The shelling appeared aimed at disrupting communications Ukely to help By DEB AMEND faeUitate voting In the five-day election Staff Writer that starts at 7 a.m. Tuesday. PoUce and the military command declined to say , With mUllons of federal research bow many buses were hit. dollars at stake, the UJ has nearly completed its housekeeping effort to Additionally, insurgents Sunday night upgrade the environment of UJ animal Arrive staged a!tacks against five newly erected quarters. May 21 poUing stations, military authorities In a meeting with UI officials April 9, 6:30 announced. Dr. G.A. Hofman of the U.S. Department 4:40 The a ttacks on the bus and fuel depots of Agriculture (USDA) presented the 8:40 were carried out despite a blanket of results of the surprise inspection he 7:15 security laid over the country to guard conducted March 28, in which 11 of the 12 against expected guerrilla attempts to facilities he inspected were not in disrupt the polling, compliance with USDA regulations. ThIs Wednesday was mutually agreed upon as 337-2127 In For Victoria, black Insurgents the deadline for UI compliance. operating in a c;urfew zone Sunday night "If there Is not compUance on the part rocketed the Caltex (Texaco) section of of the UJ. we pay $1,000 per day per the Fort Victoria fuel depot, sparking a citation," William Farrell, UI associate blaze that engulfed four tanks and caused vice president for educational The Dally lowan'John Dariclc Jr. minor lnjuries among firefighters and development and research, said Monday. reserve troops he Iplng them, On. 01 the UI'. r_.rch .nlmelll,lhown ceged In the Anlm.1 e.re Unilloceted In Farrell said the UI will receive more the a.tc Science Building. Police said the attack WIS carried out than $19 million in federal research by sil members of Robert Mugabe's funding this year from the National A federal inspection carried out In "The USDA has 11 specially trained wing of the Patriotic Front guerrilla al . Institute of Health (NUl). He said a December indicated similar veterinarians whose only duties are to liance using RPG-7 rockets. substantial portion of that amount housekeeping and sanitation probleJIl!l !n inspect animal research facilities," supports animal research. the UI animal quarters, but Farrell said Cooper said. To coun.er the threat of terrorism, "The USDA has the authority to notify UI officials were not alerted to the Previously, the USDA relled on local able-bod1ed men up to the age of 59 have the NIH. and they in tl1rn would ter problems. veterinarians to conduct premanged been drafted and the government Is minate that grant." Farrell said, for "This is the first time it has been inspections, he said. upected to have lome 70,000 men under each particular research program that brought to our attention," he said. "Dr. Hofman and I spent four days last arms against the 11.000 Insurgents said does not meet USDA standards. " All the report indicated was that some week talking to people in each depart by military sources to be In the country. "The USDA also have the authority to of the dogs were too large for their cages, . ment to explain each and every II few firefighters suffered minor in terminate any animal" kept in B facUity and that the sanitstion in the Psychology deficiency and how they can correct it," hours 01 co!~ juries and burns but succeeded In ex that does not meet the regulations, Department was not up to snuff," C.B. Cooper said. tinguishing the fire by Monday morning, Farrell said. Thayer, former director of the Animal Cooper said letters of compliance will seven hours after the rocket attack was "We do not expect any of that to Care Unit, said of the December in be sent to the USDA from each depart launched Sunday night. happen," he said. "We have until the 18th spection. ment, stating how compliance will be for compliance at most of the facilities "We passed the word along to the accomplished and how the facUity will be A spokesman a t the deflOt sald one and, on the whole, It looks like. we are Psychology Department, and they were kept in order. rocket punctured a tank in the Caltex going along fine." responsible for cleaning it up," Thayer section of the depot and spilled diesel fuel Farrell said the deficiencies cited ,in added. that caught fire . A nearby tank holding the USDA Inspection report concern Plagued with personnel problems and gasoline heated up and "blew Its lId off" a broken cage washer, Dee Norton, causing further losses. housekeeping and maintenance of the facilities, and the size of animal cages. chairman of the Psychology Depart Two Isrge tanks. each containing about He said the Animal Care Unit at the ment, said the problems are just now 66O,IKM) gallons, and two smaller tanks Basic Sciences Building and the Dental being corrected. were caught In the blaze. But depot of Research Facility at Oakdale were "We have put out a special effort to get ficials said some fuel was salvaged and granted extensions of the deadline unW the deep cleaning accomplished," Norton dec~ed to disclose exactly how much April 30 in order to acquire new said. "We have scrubbed the walls, the wulost. regula tion-size cages. ceilings and the cages with wire Awarehouse containing cans of motor Farrell said the report did not concern brushes," DB was abo destroyed and the windows of specific research done on animals and Norton said the Psychology Depart nearby administrative offices were that not all animals were included. ment will comply with all of the blown out. "Basically we are talking about the regulations by the deadline , facilities for warm-blooded animals, "One of the things that people assume The Fort Victoria depOt complex, In Is tha t they will find a chamber of horrors addition to Caltes, aLso houses Shell, cats, dogs, guinea pigs and primates," he said. inside the facUities. and that Is not the Mobil and Total depots. None of the latter case," Farrell said. was affected. In addition to the Animal Care Unit and the Dental Research Facility, the animal "A layman would not consider the "Ahuge. enormous cloud of flame shot quarters inspected Included the Basic problems outstanding," he added.