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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Tuesday, January To Page 14, NEWSPRESSBRIEFS FROM UNITED Threat prompts blockade blockade erected A around the U.S. Embassy in the Netherlands Monday after Dutch authorities warned of a "possible Libyan terrorist action" against Americans, and the Islamic Jihad terrorist group vowed to stage attacks in the United States. Construction equipment and metal containers filled with sand blocked the main entrance to the embassy building in the Hague, and officials said other U.S. facilities, including a consulate in Amsterdam, were placed on alert. Amsterdam police stepped up surveillance of American w as businesses and extra guards were posted at the Amsterdam consulate, Dutch news reports said. Embassy spokesman Sam Wunder said the Dutch informed U.S. officials Sunday night about the possibility of an attack. "We have received information from Dutch authorities about possible Libyan terrorist action in the Netherlands," Wunder said. "We take the information seriously and are reacting together with the proper Dutch authorities." Wunder said the embassy had informed "other American interests" in Holland. "We are taking all appropriate action to protect American interests," he said, adding the alert will remain in effect "as long as we think necessary." Although Wunder mentioned Libya, the Dutch Justice Ministry said it did not identify the perpetrators in its warning. MIA search continues WASHINGTON The Pentagon is investigating 95 reports that U.S. servicemen missing since the Vietnam War have been seen alive and has identified more than 60 crash sites in North Vietnam that may yield information about Americans' remains, a Pentagon official said Monday. INTERNATIONAL President Taylor, owned by American President Lines Ltd., was in the port of Fujaira, the United Arab Emirates, Monday. The port is on the Gulf The Assistant Defense Secretary Richard Armitage, who returned Friday from two days of talks with top Vietnamese officials in Hanoi, said the live sighting reports of Americans thought to be in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia date back to 1975 and that the latest one . : received is 2 years old. 39,000-to- n of Oman. - Within hours after the President Taylor was freed, the Navy ordered the destroyer USS Conolly and the frigate USS Boone to remain "in the icinity" of the cargo ship. -- His disclosures, coinciding with accelerating Vietnamese cooperation phthe sensitive issue, marked the latest information about5 the status of U.S. efforts to Norway backs sanctions determine the fate of 2,44 i Americans listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War. Armitage added little to what he said in Thailand last week on the outcome of meetings between Vietnamese officials, including Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach, and the highest level U.S. delegation to travel to Hanoi since the war. It was Armitage's third trip to Hanoi. In Bangkok Jan. 7, Armitage said Vietnam had agreed to investigate live sighting reports, to resolve the missing Americans issue within two years, and to provide information at a meeting in Hanoi in February about 50 missing Americans and about crash sites. Details about the crashes will include information about more than 60 sites w here U.S. aircraft of all types crashed intact in rural North Vietnam, he told the news OSLO, Norway The Norwegian government announced today its backing of President Reagan's appeal for international sanctions against Libya, offering the strongest endorsement of the sanctions from any European nation. Government spokesman Nils Morten Upgraard stressed that Norway had so far made a decision only in principle. The government still is studying w hat kind of concrete measures should be taken and has set no timetable for applying the sanctions. Udgaard, w ho works in the office of conservative Prime Minister Rare Willoch, said the Norwegian government considered President Reagan's call for concerted action against international terrorism "fully justified." "It is an established fact that Libya is actively supporting terrorists," he said, adding that Libya must share responsibility for the airport massacres at Rome and conference. Cargo ship gets escort ' Vienna last month. WASHINGTON The Navy ordered two w arships to escort an American cargo vessel in the Persian Gulf area to prevent further search and seizures of the vessel by the Iranian navy, Pentagon officials said Monday. A White House spokesman, meanwhile, said the United Sfafrs i invrTicrarin tn rlirrmin if th Troniint itA within their rights under the rules of naval warfare, An armed Iranian boarding party, apparently searching for war material destined for Iraq, detained the U.S. merchant ship President Taylor for two hours Sunday in WEATHER by Ed Teets Thursday: Rain or snow likely with slippery conditions High 33, low 20. Wednesday: Chance of rain or snow showers. Hieh low 20. 35-4- 0, international waters in the Gulf of Oman, near the entrance to the Persian Gulf, the State Department said. Ski Report: Snow at all ski areas six to 12 inches possible. High 25. o -- V y iinvit H '"Our 1 I Information For ESL Students When Skiing the Backcountry... You Deserve Only The Best. Backcountry skiing is a serious sport, w ith significant rewards. Like seeing a panorama that others may not view in a lifetime. Or telemarking through fresh powder. 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