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World news Embassy targeted in Lisbon car bombing LISBON. Portugal (API — A car bomb exploded Tuesuuy night on the grounds of the U.5. Embassy, sparking a smoky fire in the garden and flames a story high. Embassy guards and other witnesses Said there were no injuries, A Portuguese security guard employed by the Embassy to check all vehicles entering the area said a man drove into the compound, jumped from.tJte.afr and ran out the gatesoin a matter of seconds , • „.•••• =' "I realized there was0a bon\b ;4n the car.'-so°l backed /iji:.'\sa id \ the guard. .whokfid°not give his •name, •• . ' ■ .<> >•;*. ■ ..The burniqgca'r was about" 20 - : feet inside Jhe dbmpoupd g^test' anil. thereV was136 apparehr « 'damage••-•to .MheV giiardhoiise;' soipe.-fO1 feet from,thc veliiclev. .or to other cars .parkrul/neaHiy > ; The' Embassy buibfin^ifsnlf/; a brick and% concrete ‘*t ructlife formally "'dedicated last ; y'ear-. was mpnVthan ioovardsaway ■ find was apparently untouched by the blast. Th« IJ.S. Kmhassy. which is headed by former U.S. Informa tion Agency Director Frank Shakespeare, is on the northern outskirts of Lisbon. Under con struction for more than four years, it replaced a downtown apartment building that was considered a security risk. • ’ • , *7 The hew -S't.rpcture was reported lo, hatfe been built.with ;;fuch^strici ’security, standards. ihat' w irjdow pa nnskwere Vh ick = .;^hojigh;frto.:.-prev^hf°. .|^)tentlaj^ spies with;-telescopes in appear.;1 °by*' ho\el- f rohift-t a k ijri g:l o n gv 1 e n $. " jjhotbg ra plis,of fdocu nun’ll s( bb ;• e m Mss £ di plbmats' desks. * ' .y .»lt.was the* thiFd time in.twro ; . years ihat'the^new embassy had " ."'beiin-tfie iargot'of an*-attack?In' »the'! first of1 the other two at tempts," a bazooka shot was fired these cond:V passing Car sprayed the » walJs> bF.;thei' heayjly. ^uanlful {c'pmpound with' bu I let s >v.y • : w -- rrusi-\ i v . dpn t/Keaga rt ,.sa yi n g tficaragu an : ...i jAbjliTvc|.*Vn6.t. -fight ’tht*." San- ;•■ > . iii'fllU' fgoVerrtwtiirt 'w.ilh •' \ fV-'jriWncl'.A‘id8//an|d ;. rtinsqu Ho *j s- <i|»«*n«*ci V'/a/-onlitp.iiftn V". rf.uesday’for i I'tgr miIIIdtV iha M :■mooting;- ,Wjth/i»Pi ?■ /'iR'fep’pVj iciVn .’Congressional* .'■..'•/••l^ideis;?,Keiig.ui- Jm-Iittled:"the ./• '. ?„ $ JV>111ipfi.ii!i ‘’’hitm’an.itiiruin'V. '/:;./*rjd% am>rovtSd■ • fmv the "Tebels, ‘ ’’ ’ ‘kiuivvn'«sliSi)tr#f;'iitftijifitid.*ij. • . end to rfpstfir.t'ioris 'oh military •■/.sttUppbtjl.; v • ^ Although the. prnsidenCsaid •f -'-Vh ji t. . t h.iV /IrhnYa.n i’t.tt r i ah 'assista-mie*- It.»s .helped "in.iittr "■// Ittiil Jhe Rresjtutn of rfisislrthco" to' the Sttiidinistas: he added i : (h»t. ‘.‘Wiohr e.ff«cliye"aid. .is ■J. /necessary. V- /, • •/; ;* . • ♦ '•/.'•You can t light attack, helicopters piloted by Cubans • with Hand-Aids find- mosquito nets," Reagan'said in:a. state ment read .to the lawmakers: ' Congress *in ... 1984/ ban tied military aid. or ammunition for the. Contras and required that . the money approved be used ex clusively for'medical supplies, clothing and transport trucks. Front the"end of 1081 until the spring of t‘»H4. the United States provided about $80 million in covert aid. rura gan, tv peat euiy na .> itsserted that the Sandinistn i<!ad«rshfp is fomenting revolu /tlon’artjS.communism in Central - ’ Aiiwrip'a. hacked by Cuba. the Soviet Union. Libya and North ; •< Korea, .; * ? Manuftl'' Cordero. minister .•'.counselor, of tin* Nicaraguan , Ethbassyin Washington. term-* ed Reagan’* •docision to seek a resumption in military aid “a - slap in ihe fate'' to fight imin ^..AmeniWn,nations that Kaye urg * ed (he. United Stall’s to back peace talks in the. region : .. During his remarks on Nicaraguan aid. Reagan was . flanked by Senate Majority Leader bob Dole. R-kan.. and I louse Minority Leader Robert II. Michel. R-IH. After the session. Sen. Richard Lugar. R-Ind., chair man of the Foreign Relations Committee, said Reagan had called for $70 million in military; assistance and $:to million in logistical and other non-let hat aid. ... "I think it ’s a good program." Lugar told reporters. "We have to decide whether we are going to have a Soviet .base on this continent or not." he said. "Essentially we an; go ing to have one if the Contras are not successful." BAWM -Pr %PWlUM CHINESE W. RESTAURANT 44## imt*. Oriental Buffet Lunch Downstairs & Try Our Dinner (Jpstairs Hour*: Downstairs M Th II 00 7 00; F Sa 11 00 4:3C Closed Sundays Hours: Upstairs Su Th 4 30 10:00 FSa 3:00 • 10:30 1273 Alder Street • 683 8886 FORGET WEDNESDA Dining Room Special! Pizza & pa a Pitcher “Chicago Style" Pizza Calzone and Paata S52 E. Broadway • 345-4114 Carry-oat or DoNvory Legislators question guard training PORTLAND (AP| — Three slate legislators who visited an Oregon National Guard unit training in Honduras said Tuesday the Reagan administration is using those troops to in timidate Nicaragua, “We question the use of National Guard units ns part of a Reagan administration policy of intimidation in Central America.” said Rep. Mike Burton. O-Portland. — Burton said U.S. Army Col. William Corn fin told the Oregon legislators the National Guard training in Honduras was intended to "intimidate and harass" Nicaragua. Comee commands Joint Task Force Bravo at Palmerola Air Base in Honduras. Burton said the task force organizes combined train ing exorcises with U.S. and Honduran military units. 1 PROFESSOR RAIMUNDO PANIKKAR Univeristy ofCalifornia at Santa Barbara Department of Religious Studies Distinguished Visiting Lecturer*. 1986 will present a series of lectures on: , ; • HUMAN LIBERATION AND TECHNOLOGY Tuesday, February 18: THE COMPLEX MEANING OF HUMAN : v LIBERATION Room 167 KMl),-7:.W P.M.' wt‘diH'sda>. February 19: RELIGION AS A CHALLENGE TO TECHNOLOGY ; .' • ; Room 167 Kill ; 7:30 P.M. Conversation with Professor Panikkar at Koinonia ('enter. 1414 Kincaid M»R. 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