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Pope implores scientists halt nuclear arms race, making ‘death’ weapons MADRID, Spain (AP) - Pope John Paul II implored scientists Wednesday to call a halt to the nuclear arms race by refusing to fashion new instruments of death "It is a scandal of our time that many researchers are dedicat ed to improving new weapons for war," the pope told a gathering of Spanish professors and intellectuals at Madrid's Complutense University "Consciences must be awakened," he declared "Your responsibility and the possibili ties of influence on public opin ion are immerse Make them serve the cause of peace and the real progress of man " The 62-year-old pontiff was only four days into his 10-day tour of Spain, the first by a pon tiff, but he acknowledged he was tiring "Your fatigue and mine are interrelated/' he replied, grin ning, when a reporter asked if he was tired The pope skipped several pages of his address to Spanish priests Tuesday evening and went to bed early, aides report ed. But he was up early as usual for a crowded schedule that in cluded meetings with local representatives of other Chris tian churches, with 200 members of the Polish com munity and with a delegation of 12 Sephardic Jews. In the afternoon, he celebrated Mass for 50,000 people in a working-class neighborhood, and in the evening he led a prayer service for young people who packed a 130,000-seat soccer stadium "Hurricane Wojtyla," said the tabloid Diario 16, using the pope's Polish surname At his meeting with the Spanish Poles, John Paul recalled that their ancestors were refugees from two 19th-century rebellions against Russian occupation He commented: ‘‘Yours was not a simple emigration for bread but an emigration for ideas ” At the pope's side was Poland's Roman Catholic primate, Archbishop Jozef Glemp, who came from Warsaw to the Vatican last week to report on the situation in their homeland Glemp flew back to Rome Wednesday and is return ing to Poland Thursday The pope's meeting with the Sephardic Jews was his first with a Jewish delegation since he was widely criticized by Jews for receiving Yasser Arafat of the PLO on Sept 15 The Spanish Jews urged him to speak out more strongly against terrorism Terrorists surrender, free hostages COLOGNE. West Germany (AP) — Gunmen who said they were against military rule in Turkey seized the Turkish con sulate and dozens of hostages in a storm of gunfire, but gave themselves up after nearly 16 hours of negotiations, police reported They said all the hostages were released The terrorists charged into the consulate Wednesday mor ning Police said five people were injured by flying glass as consular employees and visitors scrambled to escape By midnight Wednesday, the raiders had released about 59 hostages in stages, but it was unclear how many still remained inside the four-story building when they surrendered, West German television said earlier the gunmen demanded that "a comprehensive political manifesto" be broadcast over radio stations, but that police negotiators had rejected the demand Officials refused comment on the negotiations In phone calls to radio stations and local newspapers soon after the takeover, the attackers claimed to have 80 hostages Police said they were unable to confirm the number of people inside the consulate Cologne Police Chief Juergen Hosse said 40 men and women were allowed to leave the build ing an hour after the seizure, when a gunman appeared at one of the few unshuttered win dows pointing a gun at the head of a woman and shouting through a megaphone tor police to withdraw Beginning seven hours later, the gunmen released another 19 persons in small groups, in cluding a woman and her 5-year-old son, police officer Winifried Granitzka said Police said the gunmen had talked by telephone with an un identified Turkish diplomat before the surrender The terrorists earlier had demanded to speak to the highest ranking diplomat in West Germany, police said West German television said police sources reported there were about 10 gunmen Throughout the day, gunfire was heard from the building but there was no indication that any of the captives were harmed About an hour after the con sulate was rushed, a red banner with the slogan No to the Junta Constitution in Turkey" in both German and Turkish was un furled from a window The banner was emblazoned with a hammer and sickle and white star, and bore the name "Devrimci Sol,' or “Revolu tionary Left," a radical leftist group with 781 members now on trial in Turkish martial law courts A crowd of several hundred spectators, including many Turks, gathered behind police barricades sealing off the main traffic thoroughfare where the white-tiled consulate is located. About 50 young people with banners proclaiming No to the regime in Turkey" started demonstrating but police chased them off with trunch eons No serious injuries were reported Police and members of the GSG9 anti-terrorist commando unit took up positions behind trees after the siege started, others were seen going into evacuated buildings adjoin ing the four-story consulate DIM SIM Every Su«tfay 11 a.m. - 3p.ro Today for lunch: Pork-Fried rice with sweet and sour pork $045 Each dish individually prepared m Just one of several combinations and prices CHINA BLUE Restaurant 879 E. 13th • 343-2832 Try us for dinner, too. TIME TO CLEAN UP YOUR ACT? COIN-OPERATED SELF-SERVICE VACUUMS FIRST STREET CAR WASH corner of 1 st & Jefferson Sundae Special Friday, Saturday, Sunday Nov 5-7 with this coupon receive our regular $1.50 size sundae for 99° 1982 Fall Store Hours: Mon. thru Sat. 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Sunday Noon - 8 p m Your Campus BASKIN-ROBBINS/%jCf\ 343-2380 ICE CREAM store VglJ? 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