Raid on Hijacked Plane Kills Dozens SPORTS Most Passengers on the Plaae, Com- the Body from the Plane Onto the Andeered Saturday Over Greece with 97 Tarmac
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Jets win in OT; Giants also triumph Social Security Cloudy Highs around 50. Game Rain likely. 4B Complete forecast The Register pag«ZA Vol. 108 No. 78 YOUR HOMETOWN' NEWSPAPER SINCE 1878 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1985 ?5 CENTS INSIDE Raid on hijacked plane kills dozens SPORTS Most passengers on the plaae, com- the body from the plane onto the andeered Saturday over Greece with 97 tarmac. Tht Associated Press people aboard and diverted to Malta, Gala) earlier told authorities by VALLETTA, Malta - Egyptian com- were Egyptians or Greeks. One of the radio that the hijackers had killed mando* stormed a hijacked Egyptalr three American passengers was killed seven people. jetliner last night and shots, explosions and the other two were wounded and As the commandos stormed the and a fire during the assault killed as thrown from the plane by the hijackers plane, Galal killed the hijack leader many as 90 people, a government before the commando assault with an axe, Mifsud said. Both the pilot spokesman said. Malta's state-run television said and the co-pilot were wounded in the "There are about 90 dead by bullet about SO people were on the jetliner struggle. or fire," spokesman Paul Mlfsud told when the commandos attacked. It said Joel Levy, the deputy U.S. Embassy reporters two hoars after the assault. IS wounded people were taken to chief, told reporters the commandos He Mid the hijackers hurled hand hospitals. attacked at 8:20 p.m. (2:20 p.m. EST), grenades at the passengers when they Mlfsud Hid Prime Minister Carmelo about 24 hours after the jetliner was realised the Boeing 737 was being Mlfsud Bonnici authorized the assault seized while en route from Athens, stormed, and the resulting fire de- because "the situation was getting out Greece, to Cairo, Egypt. stroyed the inside of the jetliner. of hand." He added that it was totally He said that "at first reaart, It The victim* "were trapped inside an Egyptian operation. appears all the hijackers were killed." Egypt sends commandos and couldn't get out," be added. Mifsud quoted the pilot, Capt Hani The Athens airport also was where lo Malta and moves troops Mlsfud Mid later there were four or Galal, as Hying the hijack leader was two armed Lebanese terrorists towards Libyan Border five hijackers, possibly four Palesti- "a madman" who sang and danced boarded a Trans World Airways Boeing nians and one Syrian. each time he shot a hostage and tossed Sea RAID Page 7A Lynn For Seven New York Jets' Johnny Lynn (29) gets by Cedric Jones of the New Hospital officials leery England Patriots for a 7-yard gain in the first quarter of yesterday's game at the Meadowlands Jets' Kirk of state building freeze Springs recovered a fumble and pitched the ball to Lynn. IB to limit facility growth Jan. 1, but must now wait until Aug. LOCAL •y STEPtUIHE 61UCKMAN 1, 1988 The Register Koppa uid Jersey Shore would New commissioners With Associated Press have liked to start the project sooner, The Hazlet Board of Fire Hospital officials across the county although the hospital does not object Commissioners hold their first had mixed reactions to a freeze on to the moratorium, and understands organizational meeting and begin the hospital construction and renovation the state's reasons for imposing it. task of developing a budget to pay for imposed by the state Department of She and other health officials have fire protection that will also Increase Health late last week. uid that every hospital in the state property taxes. The nine-month freeze, on projects is experiencing shortages of patients. costing over (10 million, is aimed at But Koppa and others noted that the 3A dealing with a surplus of hospital beds problem is not as severe in Monmouth in the state. The state has projected and Ocean counties, which are ex- Actors in need that by 1990, only about 25,000 of the periencing rapid population growth. An acting company in Marlboro is states 29,000 total hospital beds will Bayshore Community Hospital in asking the township to donate an be used. Holmdel is not directly affected by obsolete public works building to The moratorium is also a response the freeze, according to Stephen D. house a permanent cultutal center, to a federal proposal to cut Medicare Kay, executive vice president of the which would be a township first. payments to health care insurers. hospital. New Jersey hospitals spend a But he uid Bayshore opposes the greater percentage of their revenues moratorium nevertheless, claiming M on capital projects than the na- that permission for construction pro- tionwide average, which is 7 percent. jects should be based on need. The federal government is proposing inm HEQISTEH/IH* MARK QOSTIN In the past, hospitals wanting to STATE that it use Medicare funds to cover embark on major construction pro- PRACTICED HANDS - John Dixon of interfere with in advancing piano educa- capital costs up to no more than 7 jects have had to apply to the Friedland's friends Keyport doesnt let a hearing handicap tion. percent of hospital budgets, accord- department for a "Certificate of Federal authorities say they'll ing to Charles Pierce, deputy com- Need," which grants permission for missioner of the state Department of the projects. prosecute anyone convicted of Health helping fugitive former State Sen. But during the moratorium, which David Friedland, who faked his Deafness is small handicap He said the temporary freeze was expires at the end of July, no disappearance to keep from going to imposed to give the department time certificates will be issued, Kay uid jail on corruption charges and is now to develop a long-term plan to Bayshore has no building plans that in hiding. determine which projects should be exceed the $10 million limit, accord- permitted. ing to Kay. But he added, "our real 4A to this pianist from Keyport Only one local hospital will be concern is for the industry." He uid directly affected by the state's move. the state opposed a similar mora- To the average listener, his playing is Bring them back * CAHUU THOMAS The moratorium will delay a multi- torium on one other occasion in the respectable in its own right. His deafness million dollar project at Jersey Shore past. "What happens if they keep U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg evidently The Register makes his "improvising" of one or two wrong Medical Center in Neptune. doing this," Kay asked. thinks bygones should be just that MIDDLETOWN - John Dixon sits at the notes, sound downright beautiful. According to Marie Koppa. director Bayshore completed a major ad- and is urging U.S. Secretary of spinet and announces his next number. Despite a severe, but not a total hearing of public relations at the hospital, the dition at the beginning of 1985. Kay Transportation Elizabeth Dole to He nods his head, positions his hands and Ion, Dixon uid he decided several years ago, project is estimated at $36 million and uid if there had been a moratorium rehire air traffic controllers who were begins: his fingers moving ever so lightly that someday, he was going to become one does not involve the addition of new at the time of the project, "it would fired during their strike in 1984. over the keyboard as he taps out a piece of of the world's great composers — on par with beds. have created substantial problems for 4A classical music. those he admires. The project is primarily a reno- us." Awed expressions on the faces of those . "I like Mourt; his style ... it's very vation of existing facilities at the Like Koppa of Jersey Shore, Kay *0Wft bkfttkvthe Awttnfc JontnttnM? melodic and I admire bow easy he was>Me hospital, some of which are quite old, claimed that Monmouth and Ocean NATION ,' College piano lab reflect the talent of this 22- to put things down on paper," Dixon Mid. Koppa said. counties, the fastest growing in the year-old Keyport man'like a mirror. See PIANIST Page 7A She said the hospital had planned to state according to government esti- Love those jails apply for a Certificate of Need by See MORATORIUM Page 9A Nine Nevada towns with serious economic problems are actively campaigning to be selected as the site of a state installation most Silent Runners not so quiet about love for trees communities don't normally want — a prison. ^ •i M Thi Registw HOWELL - It's- been awhile since the ecology movement was in full swing. WORLD More than a desade has passed since the emrironmentally-censcious began joining German terrorists forces to fight pollution, save the ocean, A car bomb explodes outside a busy save the seal. U.S. military shopping center, More than a decade and-a-half since injuring 34 people, mostly Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring," about Americans, and destroying 42 cars. the dangers of pesticides, was a best-seller — and 14 years since Bruce Dern starred in the movie "Silent Running," about an Earth without trees. : While those days seem far away, and the ecology-minded are approaching their goals through quieter means, what Steven L. INDEX Hersh of Howell Is doing might bring back memories for former nature activists. Hersh has founded the Silent Running BRIDGE M Society, a non-profit organization to promote the preservation of trees and the BUSINESS 81 reforestation of treeless land in Monmouth CLASSIFIED « and Ocean Counties. COMICS 71 Uke the clubs of the '60s generation, CROSSWORD N Hersh MVS, the Silent Running Society is EDITORIAL M going to make a lot of noise — by creating REGISTER FILE PHOTO ENTERTAINMENT M media events to get its cause noticed and ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT? - Developments such as this the Silent Runners want to replace some ot them.