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- Washington tests “death ray”

WASHINGTON (Reuter)
— A laser beam—the ‘death
ray” of science fiction—has
been used ta shoot down a
high-speed antitank missile.

The U.S. defence depart-
ment said today the latest
test of the highly con-

- centrated beams of light for

use as a possible weapon
took place in January.
“The navy, using a
moderate power chemical
laser successfully engaged
and destroyed, in fight, two
anti-tank missiles,” a
PKENTAGON
SPOKESMAN SAID WEEN
ASKED ABOUT THE
TESTS NEAR San Juan
Capistrano, Calif.

The spokesman declined
further comment on the lests
with the anti-tank missiles,
reported by Aviation Week
magazine.

The Fentagon also con-
firmed, for the first time,
that a helicopter had been
shot down by a laser during a
1976 test al the U.S. Army's
Redstone Arsenal in
Alabama.

High-energy lasers also
were used in 1973 to shoot
down a pilotless drone air-
craft at Kirtland Air Force
Base in New Mexico, the
‘spokesman said.

He could give no reason
why the Pentagon, after
declining comment for two

years, now has decided to
confirm the 1976 tests i
valving the helicopter.

Defence Secretary Harald
Brown gave a first indication
of the tests held last January
when he told the Senate
armed services committee
in February that lasers soon
might become practical as
military weapons.

“T think we are beginning
to see demonstrations that
show there are practical
military capabilities
reasonably close,” Brown
said in reily to a question
from the committee.

He said, however, that the
use of high-energy lasers to
destroy incoming nuclear

batustie missiles is far off.

Other military systems
would be vulnerable. to
lasers, Brown also told the
committee. .

The London-based In-
stitute for Strategic Studies
has reported that the United
States and the Soviet Unicn
are engaged in a race to
develop laser weapons. ;

The U.S. Air Force used
lwpower laser beams toward
the end of the Vietnam war
ta guide bombs to difficult
targets such as bridges and
the army has begun
development of a laser-
guided artillery shell and an
anti-tank missile that could
be fired from a helicopter.

Italian preferred as next Pope

VATICAN CITY (AP) —A
working paper prepared by
the Italian embassy to the
Vatican predicts the next
pope will be an Italian and
says Paolo Cardinal Bertoli
and Sebastiano Cardinal
Baggio are the leaders in the
papal race, the newspaper
La Repubblica reported
Wednesday. .

The unprecedented leak of
such a diplomatic document,
prepared by Itclian Am-
bassador Vittorio Cordero di
Montezemelo, came two
days before 111 cardinals
enter Into a secret conclave
to elect jpope Paul VI's
successor as head of the
world’s 700 million Roman
Catholics,

The disclosure created a
ripple of embarrassment
among Vatican officials, but
a spokesman, Rev. Romeo

Panciroli, declined com-
ment.
jitalian Ambassador

Cordere de Montezemolo
confirmed the efistence of “a
working paper for internal

use only and with no
diplomatic value.” He s id i
was never forwarded to the
Italian foreign ministry.

La Repubblica, a leftist
daily paper, Said in an Un-
signed front-page story that,
according to the am-
bassador, the feeling at he
Curia is that the choice will
again fall on an Italian.

“The Italians, in fact, for
their flexibility, knowledge
of the complex (Vatican)
mechanism and habit of
freeing themselves from
nationalistic atitudes seem
preferred also bs t e
powerful European Church,
such as the French, for ex-
ample,’ La Repubblica
quoted the document as
saying, ;

Cardinals Bertoli, 70, and
Baggio, 65, both Vatican
diplomats by training, head
a list of 12 assessed by the
‘Italian ambassador to be
papabili, or possible popes.
- The ambassador called
Cardinal Bertoli, . former
head of the Congregation for

the Causes of the Saints,
“qpen to religious renewal;
with the right energy.”'
Cardinal Baggio, prefect of
the Congregation of the
Bishops, was described as
“well liked by the Curia”
and “intelligent, able,
patient and tenacious.”

‘fhe paper said the am-
bassador estimated
Giovanni Cardinal Benelli,
57-year-old archbishop of
Florence, as energetic but
also likely to be considered
too young.

Sergio Cardinal Pignedoli,
68, head of the Congregation
for Non-Christians and
considered by many ob-
servers as a leading can-
didate, was described as
Jacking support among

cardinals who run the-

Vatiean.
BLACK ON LIST

The working paper was re-
ported to have said that
among the foreign papabili,
the ‘Curia barometer”
points to Frenchman Jean
Cardinal Villot, 72, Vatican

secretary ot state and, as
chamberlain, interim head
of the Roman Catholic
Church; Argentina’s
Eduardo Cardinal Pironio,
59, head of the Congregation
for the Religious; Bernardin
Cardinal Rantin, 55, black
African president of the
Justice and Peace Com-
mission, and Dutchman
Johannes Cardinal
Willebrands, 68, secretary
for Christian Unity and arch-
bishop of Utrecht,

Cardinal Villot was judged
as affable, gentle and
prepared but lacking
physical strength, Cardinal
Pironio as too young, Car-
dinal Willebrands as ex-
cesslvely progressist and
Cardinal Gantin with too
limited experience. to lead
the church.

In a commentary, La
Repubblica said the Italian
ambassador's estimation
was positive for Cardinals
Baggio and Bertoli at the
expense of Cardinals
Pignedoli and Pironio.

Women, children hostages freed
by Nicaraguan guerillas in capital

MANAGUA (AP) —
Leftist guerrillas who shot
their way into the National
Palace here Tuesday in a
daring assaulton the heart of
Nicaragiuia’s military
fovernment freed about 100
wemen and children hos-
tages today, witnesses said.
But the guerrillas were
believed still holding a large
number of officials and
legislators.

There were conflicting
reports on how many
hostages remained and on
the number of guerrillas
involved, It had been
generally believed there
were stil] about 100 or more
captives, but some of the
freed hostages said there
might be as many as 1,000 in
the palace, along with up to
100 heavily-armed guer-

rillas.

Among the hostages taken
in the attack were a nephew
and cousin of Presipent

Anastasio Somoza, officials
said. The two are acting
commander of the national
guard and deputy speaker of
the lower house of
parliament, :
A National Guard
spokesman said the
guerrillas released 14 per-
sons, including three sol-
diers, who were wounded in
the attack and the bodies of
four officers who were killed.
WANT PRISONERS
FREED

The guerrillas were
demanding the release of all
political prisoners,
estimated at more than 120;
safe conduct to Panama for
those freed, for themselves
and for any hostages they
take with them and $10
million in cash.

The National Guard, Nica-
ragua’s army, told the guer-
rillas earlier it would not
negotiate until the women,
children, dead and wounded

were released, The govern
ment asked for 24 hours to
study the demands because
they involve other countries.

A government source said
the guerrillas threatened to
kill hostages, including two
legislators, to demonstrate
their determination.

One of the women
released, Maria Ortela, told
The Associated Press: “I’ve
just lived the worst hours of
my life."

She said she saw ‘‘many
dead and wounded in various
parts of the building when I
was led to a floor where four
guerrillas were on guard,
and that's all I can say.” She
said the hostages have been
divided into groups
throughout the building.

More than 100 soldiers of
the National Guard spread
out around the palace. Olher
guardsmen in vehicles set up
roadblocks on highways
leading out of Managua and

_ Arab prisoner threatens

LONDON (Reuter) — An
Arab, facing a charge of
murdering an Israeli airline
stewardress during an
ambush last Sunday, told a
presiding magistrate
Wednesday to release him or

face the consequences.
The magistrate sent him
back to jail without bond,
Armed police guarded the
court building and sharp-
shooters stood on nearby
rooftops as Fawad Mihyi, 22,

Isrealis will
hunt terrorists

TEL AVIV (Reuler) —
Israel will hunt down
terrorists anywhere in the
world, a government
minister declared today at
the funeral of an El Al airline
hostess killed Sunday in an
Arab guerrilla attack in Lon-

mn,

Thousands of mourners at-
tended the ceremony in a
Haifa cemetery where Irit
Gidron was buried, not far
from some of the 11 Israeli
athletes who were killed in
the Arab guerrilla attack at.
the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Transport Minister Meir
Amit accused the in-
ternational community of
“eqwardice by refusing to
take adequate measures to
stamp out terrorism.”

“We must reconcile
ourselves to fight terrorism
atone because nobody seems
ready to do the job for us,’’
he said. ‘‘But you can be sure
that Israel will do everything
necessary to protect its
citizens and will fight terror-
ism wherever It must be
done."

Students claim
embassy control

THE HAGUE (Reuter) —
Thirteen Iranian students
broke into the Iranian em-
bassy here today, claiming
contro] of the building as a
protest against Shah Reza
Pahlavi.

The students, who said
they were not armed and had
taken no hostages, issued a.
statement accusing Iranian

securily police of starting
the fire which killed 377
persons in a movie theatre in
Abadan on Saturday.

They said they were from
colleges all over western
Europe and belonged to the
Confederation of Iranian
Students National Union and
the Organization for Iranian
Studenis Abroad.

was charged with murder

OUTSIDE A
London hotel last Sunday.

Asked by Judge David
Hopkin whether he had
anything to say, Mihyi
replied: “If you don’t release
me, something will happen
to you that won't be good.”

The judge asked: ‘Is that
a formal application for bail
or is it a threat?”

‘It’s at reat,” said the de-
fendant through his in-
terpreter, He was ordered
held pending trial,

TRACE MOVEMENTS

Meanwhile, police sought
tv trace the movements of
another Arab who was ap-
parently killed by his own
grenade during the attack on
he bus of an El Al flight
crew.

patrolled city streets.
AIRPORT CLOSED

A spokesman for Pan
American Airways = in
Guatemala City said the
Managua airport was closed
to all traffic. 4
A score of Sandinista
National Liberation Front
guerrillas stormed the

palace, which houses many _

government offices and both
houses of Congress, during 2
session of the Chamber. of
Deputies on Tuesday | af-
ternoon. The raiders wore
_ uniforms similar to those of
the National Guard. At least
50 Sandinistas are believed
to be jailed in Nicaragua.
The raiders also
demanded their release.
Other demands included
publication of the Sandinita
position in all newspapers
and over radio stations anda
50-per-cent salary increase
for striking hospital
workers.

judge

Scotland Yard released a
picture of Mihyi in the hoie
that it would lead to further
information. The dead man’s
picture was also released,

Police would not say how
many other people they are
seeking in connection with
the ruerrilla attack in which
nine people were wounded.
One, a 22-year-old Israeli
stewardess, was reported
still in critical condition.

British officials said they
have again turned down an
Israeli request for El Al
security guards to be
allowed to carry guns in
London.

They said British police
are confident that ches can
prevent any future terrorist
atlack and repeated that
only British police and
soldiers are permitted to

carry arms on British soil.

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