--· R.I. JEWIS H HISTORICAL ASSOC 130 SESSI ON S S T. P RO VI DEN CE, RI 0 2906 / , VOLUME LIX. NUMBER 25 FRIDAY. AUGUST 20, 1976 16 PAGES 20<: PER COPY Death Of Four ·At Terrorists' Hands Shocks l).S., Elicits Condemnation TEL A VIV: Two terrorists killed two turkish policemen and an passengers aboard the plane were four persons and wounded 24, 14 of Israeli security officer. Many of the saved. Credit was given to the quick them seriously, at Istanbul's injured were hit by splinters from thinking of the captain who decided Yasilkov Airport Aug. 11 minutes the grenades and shattered window to take off as soon as possible after before they were to board a Tel · panes. the attack began. He ordered ihe }' Aviv-bound El Al plane. Eighty­ doors of the plane closed as soon as two passengers were already on the F0111111 Not ltleadftN the last of the earlier groups or JBUSALEM WotLD CONl'UINCI: Mr. ancl- Mn. leryl s..,I wll par• plane when the killers opened their The four who died included passengers, who had been bused to tic.-,. at the W..W C-,.,- for YlclclWi Cvltvte In .,.,_...., which machine-gun and hard grenade at­ Senator Javit's aide, Harold W. the plane were aboard. Those left ........ on A...,.t 22 encl contln- thNU9h Sept....., 10. The_,,.,_. tack on the remaining pauengers in Rosenthal, 29 years old, of behind were the injured, the dead wll have ......... fnlm 14 -,ntriet of Herth oncl S.Uth Americe, the departure lounge. The seriously Philadelphia, a Japanese tourist and several others who were waiting Ccmacla, w.. t..., ...... S.Uth Africa and Au1tnllla. AIMut 250 ......... injured passengers were taken to guide, Yutaka Hirano, and an to board the bus taking them to the are expectecl, plua ,-11 from hrael. Prnidont lphrolm Katzlr ol hrael will hospitals in Istanbul. The other less Israeli identified as Sano Sholomo. plane. At a midnight press open the c~•- Gelda Meir wlA ahe oclcl,... the delevet"· Mr. Seaal seriously injured were 0own back to The badly mutilated body of the conference, about an hour after the wHI write hla next column fnlm hrael. Tel Aviv. Among the injured, were fourth person has not been iden­ El Al plane landed at Ben Gurion tified. The police said he might have Airport, Gad Yaacobi, Minister of been a member or the guerrilla Transportation, and Mordechai group. Ben Ari, General Director or El Al , The police gave the names of the said they supported the captain's two captured guerrillas as Mehti decision. Mohanned Zilh, 22, and Hussein Mohammed al-Rashid, 23, but they Yaacobi said the attack was the said these could be aliases. They continuation by terrorists of their traveled from Libya to Istanbul via war against Israel. He added that Rome on Kuwaiti passports. the attack was further proof that Israel's national airline must be To KUI Or Capture constantly on the alert for The killers admitted they were terrorists. He said that since the memben of the Popular Liberation hijacking of the Air France plane, Israel has taken extra special securi­ Front for the Liberation of ty measures to thwart terrorists at­ Palestine led by George Habash tacks. The Transport Minister add­ and that they were in the pay or Libya. The two were traveling with ed that in spite of the Air France false Kuwaiti passports. The story · hijacking the world has still not of the-attack was pieced together by grasped the awesome meaning of passengers who returned to Ben air piracy and terrorism. Premier Yitzhak Rabin, who received the Gurion Airport, the captain or the news of the lastest tragedy as he was El Al plane, Yaakov Roman, the addressing a delegation of Israel Israeli Vice-Consul in Istanbul, bond leaders from the U .S. and Ephraim Mazor. who was at the Canada, said he doubted that the airport when the attack occurred, world was fully aware of the the governor of Istanbul and a representative of the Turkish consequences of continuing air Ministry of Justice who were at the terrorism. airport and conducted an investiga­ tion or the tragedy. From some of Collflldlng Reports the accounts it appeared that the There were conOicting reports, MOGEN DAVID dedicati~n ceremonies at Congregation Beth David of Narragansett took place last Sunday, terrorists were not trying to hijack official ~nd unofficial, as to how the August 15. From left to right are Leo Kofman of New York, Gabbai emeritus; Solomon Kofman, Gabbai; Joseph the plane but to kill or capture as terrorists gained access to the ter­ Block, religious chairman of Congregation Beth David; Jacob Fronk, father of David Frank, who died in 1960, and hostages as many or the passengers minal building. One report was that in whose name the Mogen David was dedicated; and Morris Horovitz, pr.. id•nt of the Congregotiorr. as possible in retaliation for the they arrived earlier in the day Israeli rescue of more than 100 _aboard a Pakistani plane from hostages held by terrorists at Libya. Another was that they arriv­ 'Out Of The Scrap Heap Portugal May Entebb~.Airport in Uganda. ed from Pakistan on an Italian air­ One passenger told reporters at Establish Relations liner. 1 third report, deemed most To A Place In The SunL Ben Gurion Airport the attack oc­ authentic, was that they arrived in With Israel curred as the passengers were the morning in Rome from emerging from the terminal By BARBARA WRONSKI Leo Kofman, wie of the original Benghazi then took an Alitalia promoters of opening a . shul in TEL AVIV (JT A): The es­ building towards the bus that was plane to Istanbul where they When Route 95 paved its way Narragansett, came in from New tablishment of diplomatic relations to drive him to the plane. The remained intransit, thus having through the heart of <;:ongregation York especially for -the dedication between Israel and Portugal may _be terrorists opened fire, aiming direct­ · access to the departing passengers· Sons of Zion, oldest Orthodox syn­ ceremony. The Mogen David was expected soon as a result of contacts ly at the passengers, she said. The lounge. Meanwhile, Yaacobi an­ agogue in Providence, formerly on · dedicated in the memory of David during the last two months between killers appeared to be coming from nounced Aug. 12 that Israel would representatives of both countries. A the terminal building . The Otms Street, the two Mogen Davids Frank, who died in 1960, son of Mr. seek to extradite the two captured hint of this possibility was made passengers scattered, screaming. over the entrance ways fell by the and Mrs. Jacob Frank. While the terrorists if the law allowed. He said Aug. 2 by Premier Mario Soares of Another passenger said he heard a wayside - or so it seemed. At least shul was under construction, he had already discussed this with Portugal in a speech to the loud explosion following by one of these was recovered by an congregants met at the couple's foreign ministry officials. Italian man working on- the site. Parliament in Lisbon. He said his machine-gun fire and peop'le falling home. Not knowing what to do with it, he government would embark on an all around him, crying in agony and Congregation Beth David is effort to normalize relations bleeding. The explosion was ap­ Notable Reputation turned it oYer to Pete Katzman of located on Kingstown Road in Katzman Plumbing who, in turn, between Portugal and Israel and parently that of a hand grenade. Harold Wallace Rosenthal, an Narragansett, and is open every with the People's Republic of Chi­ Two other passengers, Abraham administrative assistant on foreign gave it to Joseph Block, religious week summer, daily, from the last na. Circles in Jerusalem said that Papou and his wife. Rachel, said the affairs to Senator Javits, had chairman of Congregation Beth achieved notable reputation as an in June until Labor Day. Services Socialist leaders in Western Europe gunmen tossed grenades and open­ a David of Narragansett. Ironically, . are conducted by visiting rabbis aide to law makers. Beth David is the youngest recommendeil to Soares, who heads ed fire when the Turkish police from arouna the state. Following He was going to Jerusalem lo Orthodox synag_ogue in the state, the Por.tuguese Socialist movement, thwarted their attempt to seize service every Saturday and Sunday hostages. Paul Barker of England, represent Senator Javits at a two­ star,ted in 1962. The star was that his gov.ernment establish morning, Beth David's Sisterhood another passenger, reported that week conference qn the Middle East refinished and mounted above the diplomatic relations with Israel. prepares a delightful breakfast, fit Reports reaching Israel from Por­ the entire incident took about 20 and Israel at the Van Leer Institute doorway of the shul. for kings. , when he was killed in the terrorist tuguese Socialist sources say that - minutes. He said he was in the "From the scrap heap of the group that was about to board the attack in Turkey. oldest Congregation, it has found ORT STUDENT INVENTION · Communist and other leftist circles NEW YORK: Aviram Barel, a in the _.previous coalition plane when he heard two loud Describing Mr. Rosenthal's its rightful place in the ~un of the blasts. "We were erdered out of the death as "a stunning, awful and student in the aut-omation go.vernments in Portugal opposed youngest Congregation," said Mr. ·bus and told to- lie Oat on the senseless tragedy," Senator Javits department of the Women's the establishment of diplomatic Block at dedication ceremonies for · ground .