Arab Guerillas Killed; School Casualties High MAALOT, Israel (AP)--Israeli Troops, Convinced That Taken to the School with Their Eyes Blindfolded
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0nnttoma 0nfzit U.S. NAVAL V^ MUWtAtD BAY, CUBA Thursday, May 16, 1974 Arab guerillas killed; school casualties high MAALOT, Israel (AP)--Israeli troops, convinced that taken to the school with their eyes blindfolded. Through Arab terrorists were planning to blow up a school and loudspeakers they shouted to the terrorists massacre about 85 teenagers, shot their way into the who were still firing occasional shots from the windows, shoving building yesterday, killing the three guerrillas and boys and girls in front of them rescuing most of the hostages. as human shields. Death figures were kept secret but bloodied youngsters The French and Romanian ambassadors were also staggering from the smoking building and ambulances heli- coptered to the school when the terrorists demanded racing through Maalot indicated the casualty toll of them as mediators, and Peres said the wounded was high. gunmen were await- ing a secret code signal password radioed from France and Romania to start freeing the hostages. Premier Golda Meir told the stunned nation that 16 "The code word could not get to Maalot through were killed in the gun battle and 70 Beirut in time before wounded, some of them hurt by leaping the ultimatum" to kill the children, Peres from the school windows. said. "They re- fused to make an exchange The grief-stricken Meir, speaking on without the code word and they refused to extend television, did not say whether the 16 the deadline," said the minister. dead included the three terrorists. Bloodied youngsters staggered from "The government decided to burst the smoking building and a stream of in when the danger of blowing up ambulances raced through Maalot with the school became sirens screaming. overwhelming. Neither of the ambassadors had received the cod o df- 4 Premier Golda Mair vowed in the em- French Ambassador Jean Herly and otional television address that Israel rmanian Ambassador Ion Covaci were "will do everything in its power to yards away from the chop off the 'hands that building and about intend to harm to negotiate with the terrorists when a child or an adult, in a city or in the Israelis opened up with a village." shattering volleys of gunfire and In past cases charged through of terrorism, the Is- the school door. raelis have The diplomats were staged retaliatory attacks PREMIER GOLDA MEIR not hit. on guerrilla bases in neighboring Arab grief-stricken Israeli lands and Meir's remarks were taken as "The terrorists opened fire on a hint another such attack might us fol- and the children and threw hand gre- low this second terrorist strike in a little over a month nades at them," said Chief of Staff Gur, his face twist- inside Israel itself. ed in fury and grief as he stared at The three the bodies of dead Palestinian guerrillas were killed in the youngsters on stretchers. army assault on the three-story school but it was not The gunmen had held the hostages for more clear whether they or any Israeli tha 13 soldiers were included hours after they raced into the building at dawn while in the official death toll announced by Heir in her tele- the holiday-making youngsters were in sleeping bags on vision address. the floor. The school is five miles south of the Lebanese border, Four hours earlier, Premier Golda Meir's government and police said the guerrillas infiltrated from Lebanon decided for the first time in Israel's history to sur- three days ago. A girl army soldier recognized one of render to terrorist demands and free 20 guerrilla pris- the marauders and said he was an Arab-Israeli citizen, oners. however. "The lives of the children were more precious to us The gun battle exploded for almost 10 minutes.'Israeli than anything else," Peres said. troops dashed from the school carrying children slung W Three guerrillas--one of them a woman--were released on their bgcks. "Oh Mother, Mother, Mother," wept a from prison helicoptered to the sealed-off town and young boy, his blue jeans red with blood. Page 2--LATE NEWS ROUNDUP Guantanamo Gazette Thursday, May 16, 1974 World leaders condemn GAZETTEER guerilla action in .a digest of late news By the Associated PressIsrael World leaders reactedwith shock yesterday at the seizure of some 85 teen-age Israeli hostages by Arab terrorists and the bloodshed that followed when Israeli CHICAGO (AP)--The hallucinatory drug LSD was found in troops stormed the building in which the hostages were a coffee urn brewing backstage at a theater where Vice being held. Press. Gerald R. Ford spoke last week, authorities said In Jerusalem, U.S. Secretary of State Henry A. Kissin- yesterday. But they said that Ford had no coffee while ger expressed "shock and outrage" over the attack and he was at th e theater! and that it was not discovered postponed a scheduled flight to Damascus, Syria-the next until about nine hours after he had gone. Federal stop on his Middle East peace mission. agents said they were investigating. Daniel Hufly of the Secret Si service said that he "seriously doubted that "Violence such as this will serve no cause but to anything had been done to injure" the vice president but undermine the prospects for peace in this area. Further that "we are checking into it." About nine hours after we believe that it is time for all responsible govern- Ford's appea rance, six stagehands who drank the coffee ments to make clear that whatever their political dif- became light headed and giggly and were hospitalized, ferences such inhumane acts must be condemned and those police said. who carry them out dealt with severely," Kissinger said. WASHINGTON (AP)--The U.S. Senate passed a bill yester- The White House issued a statement condemning the day to author rize $150 million in U.S. diaster relief "mindless and irrational action." . for Africa, Bakistan and Nicaragua. The money was The U.S. Senate approved a resolution condemning appropriated last year subject to separate authorization the incident as "an affront to human decency and stan- legislation. The bill, passed by vote and without de- dards of civilized conduct between nations." bate, was re turned to the House for consideration of amendments. Both the House and the Senate versions pro- .The resolution called on President Nixon to urge video for $50 million for flood recovery in Pakistan governments harboring terrorist groups and individuals and $15 mill ion for earthquake restoration in Nicaragua. "to take appropriate action to rid their countries of those who subvert the pace through terrorism and sense- WASHINGTON (AP)--A Ralph Nader organization is opening less violence." a visitors center in Washington to help tourists examine United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim said in how the gave rnment works. Nader said yesterday that a statement that "such violent actions are to be con- Public Citiz en, Inc. would try to help visitors under- demned whatever their motivation, especially when they stand what g oes on inside government buildings as they involve innocent persons, including children." tour them fr om the outside. The three-roomvisitor cen- "Coming at this crucial point in the search for a ter is five blocks north of the White House. just and lasting peace in the area, they assume another dimension. I can only express my honest hope that all NEW YORK AP)--The stock market fell slightly yester- the forces for peace which have been at work in recent day in cont nued sluggish trading. The 11:10 a.m. Dow months will not be diverted from their course by such Jones average e of 30 industrials was down 2.35 at 845.51 actions," Waldheim said. and losers 1ied gainers by about three to two on the New York Sto ck Exchange. Brokers noted a degree of con-, An Arab spokesman in New York said the attack reflects cern on Wall Street over a new flareup of terrorism in "the frustration of the Palestinian people with the the Middle E ast. Analysts said investors are often oppressive treatment Israel subjects them to and.the sensitive to such developments in the Middle East at continued.denial of their rights to freedom and self- least partly because they raise fears of a possible determination." 'negative tur in Arab oil policy. Local Forecast Water status Guantanamo Gazette Continued partly cloudy Water figures for yesterday: H.r AM. fliph H. Gb.H ayh H.p. Mc.HM F. TWU. with isolated showers in the WATER PRODUCED: 1,485,000 area. Visibility I unrestricted. Winds N at 5 . .4tHH jb, OL. -r. j-a . -.M is ai WATER CONSUMED: 1,285,000 knots becoming SE by mid- morning at 12 to 14 knots 0 1 e. .ioH t WATER GAIN: 200,000 with gusts to 20 knots. High today 87. Low tonight 73. WATER IN STORAGE: 18,890,000 Bay conditions 1-3 feet., High tide 0455. Low tide 1119. Thursday, May 16, 1974 Guantanamo Gazette LOCAL--Page 3 LOCAL *Shore Sailkr BRIEF S The Commander in Chief, U. S. At- *LaFRA lantic Fleet has announced the nom- ination to the Chief of Naval Per- sonnel of Torpedoman First Class *Live firing The Ladies Auxiliary of the FRA Henry N. Wade as one of three rep- will hold its monthly meeting at 8 resentatives from the Atlantic p.m. Tuesday. This is an important Fleet for Shore Sailor of the year. The Marines will conduct a live meeting since it is the last one be- Petty Officer Wade has been des- firing exercise from 7:30 a.m. to fore initiation ot new otticers.