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‘City’ thrives under Beirut BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — An elaborate tunnel network under west Beirut served as a "city within a city" for Palestinian guerrillas — complete with an amusement center and torture chamber, security sources said Thursday They also said that the inter national terrorist Carlos used the tunnels to meet with Pales tine Liberation Organization guerrillas The sources said the four mile network ran from the Sabra and Chatilla refugee camps to Bourj el-Barajneh next to the airport, and was packed with arms, forged passports and stolen cars Other sources said helicopters and small submarines were hauled from the tunnels, but that was not confirmed The tunnels were discovered late last month, the sources said. In other Lebanese develop ments. U S envoy Philip Habib met in Washington with top Reagan administration officials to refine a plan for the phased with drawal of Israeli, Syrian and Palestinian forces from Leban on, followed by the recall of the 1,200 U S Marines in the peacekeeping force Israeli officials in Jerusalem, in an apparent softening of ear lier positions, said the Palestine Liberation Organization could pull out in stages with the Syrian army, but that all PLO fighters must be out before the last phase of the Syrian and Israeli pullout Lebanese army troops arrest ed 175 more people in west Beirut, bringing to more than 1,000 the number seized since last week in what the military calls a campaign to pacify the Moslem sector of the capital. The Palestinians fear the drive is to terrorize them and force them to leave the country Israel invaded Lebanon June 6 to rout the Palestinian guerril las, and thousands of PLO fighters were evacuated from west Beirut in August Thou sands remained, however, in northern Tripoli and behind Sy rian lines in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley Trapped sub evades capture by Swedes BERGA NAVAL BASE. Sweden (AP) — A foreign sub marine trapped for a week off Sweden's main naval base may have escaped Thursday or ren dezvoused with a second sub, military officials said. Helicopters dropped six more depth charges, meanwhile, and more Swedish navy ships joined the hunt The Swedish navy identified the mystery sub only as foreign But denials by North Atlantic Treaty Organization govern ments that they have submar ines in the area 20 miles south of Stockholm led most observers to believe the vessel was from the Soviet bloc Swedish newspapers said it was either Soviet or Polish The helicopters dropped four depth charges in the afternoon, then joined Swedish vessels beyond Hors Bay where the sub had been trapped since Friday Vice Adm Bror Steftenson, Sweden s new chief of staff, said the navy may have lost track of the mystery sub or that it could have slipped out "There is a possibility, we just don't know yet, it may have left the immediate search area," he told a news conference Steffenson said there were difficulties on the technical, tactical and geographical levels" in the chase to force up the intruder He said the Baltic's shifting waters and craggy bottom makes it one of the world's most difficult submarine hunting grounds Grad Students, Looking for a clean, quiet place to live? Gilbert Arms 1071 Fairfield St., Eugene 688-9429 One Bedroom Apts, for $150 were $212 _ Norkenzie Village 2300 Norkenzie, Eugene 343-2393 Two Bedroom Townhouses $187 were $236 One security officer de scribed the west Beirut tunnel network as a "city within a city," two yards beneath the earth. He said it was equipped with air raid shelters, food storage rooms, an underground prison, a torture chamber, an amusement center, a hospital, printing press and radio relay station He and the other sources said they believed an unknown number of refugees fleeing the Sept 16-18 massacres of civilians by Christian militiamen might have been trapped in the tunnels when grenade explo sions blocked the exits By popular demand the movie that “will leave you feeling 10 feet tall” is now playing at theatres everywhere. Rex Reed, syndicated columnist zmmm AN ** OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN PARAMOUNT PICTURES PRESENTS A LORIMAR-MARTIN ELFAND PRODUCTION A TAYLOR HACKFORD FILM RICHARD GERE • DEBRA WINGER AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN Also starring DAVID KEITH and LOUIS GOSSETT, JR. as Foley’ Original Music by JACK NITZSCHE • Written by DOUGLAS DAY STEWART Produced by MARTIN ELFAND • Directed by TAYLOR HACKFORD A PARAMOUNT PICTURE Copyright * MCMLXXXIlby Paramount P-ctur** Corporation An W.ght» Reserved CHECK LOCAL NEWSPAPERS FOR THEATRE LISTINGS r i L single scoop cone Regular price 55c Not 65c Not 60c Not 55c But 45c Ice Cream with this coupon this Friday, Saturday and Sunday only I9th and Agate a* both ice Cream stores Santa Clara Fred Meyer Shopping Center 1 I I I J mouth watering ice cream home made from the finest quality ingredients
