Druse Insurgents Assault Key Town
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SINCE 1878 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,1983. 25 CENTS Druse insurgents assault key town BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The He said there were no injuries were taken to Lebanese military Lebanese army called in air strikes among the Marines, who are serving hospitals. today and said it repulsed a two- with the multinational peace- The continued fighting on the pronged armored assault by Druse keeping force. 16th day of civil warfare indicated Insurgents trying to capture a key A Lebanese Defense Ministry Druse opposition leader Walid mountaintop town overlooking spokesman said Druse militiamen, Jumblatt was unwilling to accept Beirut. backed by Palestinian guerrillas, at- President Amin Gemayel's offer to As the Syrian-backed Druse tacked Souk el-Gharb from the meet and discuss a political settle- militiamen attacked Souk el-Gharb, northeast and the southwest, using ment. Druse gunners bombarded army tanks and armored cars. Yesterday, according to police, positions near the U.S. Marine base The three operational Hawker artillery fire from Syrian-held north at Beirut's international airport Hunter jets that make up Lebanon's Lebanon struck Christian targets in with rockets during the night, send- air force countered withy repeated the port of Byblos, 23 miles north of ing the 1,200 American peace- rocket and strafing attacks, setting Beirut, for the first time in the civil keepers ducking into bunkers, the tanks and artillery positions afire, war The police said the barrage Marine command said. an army communique said. killed at least 16 civilians and woun- AltKlaM Prtli ptMtl Two rockets slammed into the An army spokesman said the ding 42. MILITARY POWER — U.S. Marines from Kilo keeps prepared In case it becomes necessary to Marine compound and others roared US -trained 8th Brigade that is de- Also yesterday, two members of Co. of the 31st Marine Amphibious Unit do push- reinforce a fellow unit serving with the peace- overhead into nearby Lebanese fending Souk el-Gharb stopped the a British television news crew were ups at dawn yesterday aboard the USS Tarawa, keeping force in Beirut. army positions, Marine spokesman attack at midmorning and captured reported wounded, apparently by stationed off the coast of Lebanon. The 31st MAU Warrant Officer Charles Rowe said. several Palestinian guerrillas who rebel shrapnel. Kean stalls insurance vote NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A month ago, Gov. Thomas H. Kean and leg- '/ think the governor should waters islative leaders emerged all smiles get hii back up against the frojp a private conference to an- insurance companies. The By JO ASTRID GLAD1NG nounce a compromise on the thomy insurance companies run ASBURY PARK - The cross issue of automobile insurance re- sailed, end over end, into the form. this state.' ocean. Twelve boys, dressed in But now the governor says the —Alan Karcher swim trunks, were off with the plan to lower the insurance pre- whistle — crashing through the miums charged New Jersey resi- surf with their legs thrashing, dents is in "deep trouble." fractures suffered in a car acci- arms flying, and more than In an effort to resolve the dif- dents, no matter how minor 10.000 Greek-Americans cheer- ferences, Kean sailed a meeting to- day in his office here with Assembly Kean said, however, he did not ing. object to all of the Senate's changes Before any of the older, larger Speaker Alan J Karcher, D-Mid- dlesex. Senate President Carmen A. Karcher, in a telephone in- boys knew what had happened, terview yesterday, said it was im- 13-year-old John Mamaligas, the Orechio, D-Essex, and other admin- istration and legislative officials. portant for the legislators to meet last to make it into the water, face-to-face with Kean to clear up was waving the cross, smiling The governor said Friday he would veto changes in insurance re- their differences. broadly and rushing towards "I think the governor should get shore. forms that differ from the com- promise proposal reached Aug. 16. his back up against the insurance "I was going in and the waves companies The insurance com- brought it back to me. When I The state Senate approved a panies run this state, " he said lookfd down, them it was, right heavily amended insurance over- On Friday, K«an-said, "All they.. By my side," said John. By-re>. DASH oung men from att-oveMhe Mamalisa^ (insets of Saint Demetrios Churchy haul bill 370 at the end of the 17- h d do ;,, ,n8bi H ,„, trieving the cross, he had state take off to retrieve the holy cross from Perth Ambov, proudly holds up the coveted hour legislativlegislative session that originall„..„:„„„„y ,I „„..„„/,agreed „to an annd , ,i t„,„„ woul«d h b.e brought honor to his home par- Asburv Park waters yesterday during the find. John later traded the symbolic cross for a wrapped up at 3 a.m. Friday. The acceptable to me and it would have ish, St. Demetrios iri Perth Am- current reform proposals differ been signed by me " Greek Orthodox Casting of the Cross, but only gold one, presented by Metropolitan Ezekial, of from a version passed by the As- boy, was blessed by Metropolitan one emerges victorious. Thirteen-year-old John Kos, Greece. Kean particularly objected to an Ezekial and decorated with a sembly 68-5 on Sept. 6. amendment by Sen John Russo. D- gold cross. The Senate bill was sent back to Ocean, that would guarantee a $150- '.'You did all right, ace," said After the blessing the Holy Cross of Constantine, found the original its founding in 1947 by the late the Assembly, which has decided to a-year reduction in policy prices in Father Tom Pappalas of St. De- is cast into the Atlantic Ocean cross outside Jerusalem in 325 Archbishop Athenagoras. postpone action until after today's New Jersey, where annual pre- metrios, giving the still-dripping outside Convention Hall, and a AD." the Rev. John Psillas ex- Thousands of Greek-Ameri- meeting miums averaging $666 are the boy a hug after the excitement representative from every parish plained. I'sillas, of the St. cans packed into the grandiose One of the controversial amend- highest in the nation ments the Senate made to the As- had died down. in the state races to retrieve it. George Greek Orthodox Church, Convention Hall for a service de- A Republican amendment would John's feat concluded the 36th organized yesterday's Holy livered bv Metropolitan Ezekial, sembly bill calls for a mandated "This commemorates the make the standard policy one bar- annual Blessing of the Waters. day when St. Helena, the mother Cross Day. an annual event since See Greeks, Page A2 $150 rateVeduction. The other change woulto How people to sue for See Kean. Page XI Prodigal teens Rabbi says 4nyet' return unharmed to Russian vodka The two Bayshore teen-agers picked up the two girls and their RUMSON - Rabbi Jack M. who ran away in the company of two sailor escorts during a routine traf- Rosoff has issued a firm "nyet" to AWOL sailors are back with their fic check about 17 miles from the members of B'nai Israel by decree- families after a seven-day jaunt Utah border. The sailors, Petty Of- ing Russian vodka unkosher and that ended in Wyoming, both moth- ficer Paul Todd Brown and Seaman banning it from synagogue parties ers reported yesterday. Robert Carl Nelson, were being held and kosher households. 'They are back and they are in the county jail in Evanston while "It isn't a question of foreign safe," said Victoria Mullen, the the two teen-aged girls were held in policy. It's a very basic moral and stepmother of Irene Mullen, IS, of 89 the Lincoln County jail in Kem- ethical question," Rosoff main- First Ave., Atlantic Highlands. merer, according to police reports. tained yesterday. "The question is, Irene and her 14-year-old friend, Mullen said she and the Markies 'how do people respond to evil and Michelle Markie, of 42 Johnson then arranged for the plane fare coldblooded murder?' Admittedly, Lane, Keansburg, have been miss- home for their daughters, who ar- the ways individuals can respond is ing since last Saturday. rived shortly after midnight yester- very limited, but we cannot let it go "She hasn't been harmed, she's day. The location of the the two by without a response." OK, she's healthy, and she's glad to AWOL sailors, who were stationed Rosoff made the declaration dur- be home," Mullen said. on the USS Suribachi at US Naval ing Yom Kippur services Saturday RABBI JACK M. ROSOFF Wyoming state police reportedly See Prodigal, Page A2 in protest of the downing of the Korean Airlines jet 007 nearly three Rosh Hashanah service last week, weeks ago. Rosoff effectively joined "but the more I thought about it, Monday what is becoming a national anti- the more I realized we just had to do Russian movement that includes the something in a concrete way. It's boycott of Russian vodkas by sever- not enough to just express outrage.'' imtoi al state governments and the dump- See Rabbi, Page A2 ing of Stolichnaya bottles by bar Advice A9 Movies A10 Arts A10 People A2 owners across the country. Epl-Curloui-811 River Rd.-F.H.