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World news Palestinians hijack Italian ship; take more than 400 captives PORT SAID. Egypt (AP) - Palestinians hijacked an Italian cruise ship with more than 400 people aboard off the Egyptian coast Mon day, demanded the release of prisoners held in Israel and threatened to blow up the ship if at tacked. port officials reported. They said the ship had been bound from the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria to Port Said, entrance to the Suez Canal, and headed out into the Mediterranean Sea after the hijack ing. its destination unknown. The threat to blow up the cruise ship Achilla Ijiuro came from the hijackers' leader, identified only by the name Omar, the Egyp tian officials said. leading the jist of prisoners demanded in exchange for the ship was a Palestinian named Samir Koiiaiterry. they said. * It was not known how the hijackers took control of the ship, which they seized about 30, miles from Pori Said, where it was scheduled to dock at 9 p.m. (4 p m. EDT). An SOS was sent when the hijackers made their move, arid was picked up by an amateur radio, operator in Sweden, said ANSA,; an Italian.news agency. . . ' . ANSA tod Other ..Italian agencies .quoted. , . the Foreign Ministry. jh Rome, as saying 454 people were aboard the 23,629-ton liner, but Egyptian officials put the number at 500, Palestinian sources in Nicosia, Cyprus, said Giulio Andreotti, the Italian foreign minister, had appealed to Yasser Arafat, to en sure the safety of the passengers and crew. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Palestine Liberation Organization chair was consulting aides at PLO headquarters in Tunis, Tunisia. Prime Minister Bettino Craxi, Defense Minister Giovanni Spadolini and Andreotti also were in constant touch with Egyptian authorities, the Italian news agencies said. Nabil Amr, PLX) spokesman in Amman. Iordan, said he knew nothing about the ship hijacking. The Italian ministry said the hijackers were armed and had a large supply of ex plosives vyith which to blow up the Achilla Lauro, the news agencies reported. Flofta Achilla of Naples, one of Italy's largest passenger lines! operates the Achille Lauro, which- is named for the company’s owner.. •. . ■ ANSA said the Achille Lauro began the cruise Oct. 3 at Genoa in northern Italy,' with • 189 crew-and 884 passengers aboard. B hag wan Shree Rajneesh set to testify in court PORTLAND (AP) — ghagwan Shroe Rajneesh has been sub poenaed In testify liefore a federal grand jury investigating a wiretapping operation at the guru's Oregon commune, a newspaper reports. The Oregonian, in a story in Tuesday's editions, quoted un named sources as saying that a deal had been'arranged Monday to delay Rajneesh's appearance for at least a month: lie had linen scheduled to appear before the grand jury in Portland on Wednesday, the newspaper said. . . A multiagency task force has lieen investigating allegations raised by Rajneesh and others that focus on a dozen former top Rajneeshee officials. Authorities say they have evidence of a major Wiretapping scheme at Rajneeshpurain Federal officials served two search warrants related to that investigation at the commune Wednesday. The guru joins more than 100 residents of Rajneeshpurain who have been subpoeaned tiefore state and federal grand juries, The Oregonian reported Other subpoenas to the federal grand jury were dated Nov. 18-19. State subpoenas for testimony in The Dalles were dated Oct. 10-17 Rajneesh's subpoena was delivered Friday to Swami Prom Niren. 40. who is one of the 53-year-old guru's attorneys and acting mayor of Ra jneeshpuram, the newspaper reported. Niren was unavailable for comment Monday. Rajneeshees in the past resisted efforts to compel Ra jneesh to testify in civil court matters, saying such testimony would interrupt his self imposed religious silence. Ra jneesh broke his 3-and-a-half year public silence last year. 0 3 0.02 BUY 1 get 1 FREE WAfERPIPES • POSTERS marHAl Art • lingerie Free poster w/this ad * With all regular-priced waterpipes only BAZAR : 18 yaar minimum 8 •; - 164 W Broadway Downtown 687 0139 •* v_. U 0 Bookstore M-F 9-6 Sat. 10-5 Darkroom Discounts PAPER Kodak Polycontrast Rapid RC II 100 shMt 8x10 25 shMt 8x10 S31.00 s9.99 Kodak Polyfiber DW 100 shMt 8x10 25 shsst 8x10 s38.99 *10.99 Kodak B & W |1 Film; I TRI X 100’ 50’ *18.99 *10.99 24 exp. 36 exp. *1.89 *2.69 ILFORD FILM FP4 20 exp.$1.79 36 exp.. $2.39 HPS 20 exp.$1.79 36 exp.$2.39 PAPER Multi Grade 25 sheet S9.49 100 sheet *31.00 890 E. 13th 342-3456 Across from the U ot 0 Bookstore
