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Show Page 2 - THE HERALD. Provo. Utah. Monday. Jjnuar- '987 - ermcm's kidnap may have TWA link People By KENNETH JAUTZ HAVERHILL, Mass. (AP) -Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, John Updike and seven other celebrated authors are gathering for a series of readings to n raise money for a Writer of short stories who was erippled by a car. Andre Dubus, 50, has run up about $100,000 in hospital bills since he was run down July 23 after stopping to help another motorist in trouble. One of his legs was amputated and the other was shattered from ankle to hip and has been in a cast since the accident. g The effort suggested by Vonnegut consists of five readings in Cambridge in February and March and a series of five dinners. Admission will be $200 for the readings and $350 for the dinners. Also participating are John Irving, Richard Yates, Ann Associated Press Writer West Germany (AP) -Officials said it was not clear if the kidnapping of a West German businessman in Beirut was aimed at forcing Bonn to release a Lebanese man accused of hijacking a BONN. little-know- TWA jetliner in 1985. Two West German Sunday quoted newspapers unnamed govern- ment officials as saying they feared the two cases were linked. ny's largest chemical companies. He is based in Frankfurt and travels frequently to Lebanon on business, a company official said Sunday. The kidnapping brings to 19 the number of foreigners missing in Lebanon, including six Americans. A Frenchman and a Saudi Arabian also were kidnapped in the past week. Ministry sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Bonn spokesman Reinhard Bettzuege said the kidnappers have not identified themselves or made demands. "It could be a criminal act, or someone looking for ransom money," Bettzuege said. Ministry officials said Rudolf Cordes, 53, was kidnapped Saturday evening after arriving in Beirut from Frankfurt. Cordes is the Beirut manager for Hoechst AG, one of West Germa used in makine explosives. authorities had warned the approximately 200 West Germans living in Beirut to take extra precautions following the arrest in Frankfurt last Tuesday of Lebanese Mohammad Ali Ha mad i. Hamadi, a suspect in the June hijacking of a TWA jetliner, was arrested after arriving in Frankfurt from Beirut. Customs agents found he was carrying methyl nitrate, a fluid sometimes 1985 Authorities said he was identified as one of the hijackers who seized the TWA aircraft, shot to death U.S. Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem and held 39 American passengers .hostage for 17 days. by fingerprints ' American officials are seeking Hatnadi's extradition to try him in the United States on air piracy and murder charges. Waite gives warning to stay away fund-raisin- By RIMA SAL AM EH . Beattie, Gail Godwin, Tim Rudolf Cordes - months. The other two were Saudi Embassy employee Bakr Daman-houe and French journalist Roger Auque. Waite has not been able to leave his hotel since nightfall Sunday because of an outbreak of street battles between Druse and Shiite Moslem militiamen. A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Waite, emissary of Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie, tentatively planned to return to London on Tuesday. Frenchmen, two Britons, an Italian, an Irishman, a South Korean and a Saudi Arabian. Waite said he was saddened by the latest abduction, adding: "I have previously warned that all foreigners are in great risk in Beirut and urged those planning to come to cancel their trips. I hope they will take this advice." Cordes was the third foreigner kidnapped in Beirut after Waite' s arrival last Monday on his fifth trip to the Lebanese capital in 16 leased soon. Asked about a report quoting him as saying he was trying to win freedom for two Americans, one Briton and one Irishman, Waite said: "I didn't say that." He said he was trying to secure the release of all foreign hostages. On Saturday, Rudolf Cordes, a businessman from West Germany, was abducted in Beirut, bringing to 19 the number of foreigners missing in Lebanon. Also missing are six Americans, six Associated Press Writer AnBEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) glican Church hostage negotiator Terry Waite said today he was saddened by the abduction of a West German businessman in Beirut and renewed a plea to foreigners to stay away from Lebanon. Waite spoke to reporters at his west Beirut seaside hotel as his mission to free foreign hostages entered its second week without any sign captives would be re - O'Brien, Jayne Anne Phillips, imd E.L. Doctorow, who published Dubus' first work, "The Lieutenant," while an editor at Dial Press. ri free-lanc- Iran says forces head through Iraqis toward Basra TORONTO (AP) Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, will visit Toronto this summer for the 128th running of the Queen's Plate horse race, the Toronto Star reported. Metropolitan Toronto Chairman Dennis Flynn said the visit hasn't been officially confirmed. But the Star on Sunday quoted unidentified sources as saying the couple will spend two days in Toronto and preside over the race at Woodbine Race Track on June 28. The Royal Family made a tradition of attending the race since 1939, when King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited. There were no members of the Royal Family at last year's race because the Queen Mother cut back on tours and the Prince and Princess of Wales were committed to visiting Expo 86 in Vancouver. NEW YORK (AP) Foreign Ministry b islands in the way on the southern front. By MARTIN MARRIS water- Shatt-al-Ara- Associated Press Writer Iran NICOSIA. Cyprus (AP) said its forces today smashed through enemy defenses to push toward Iraq's No. 2 city of Basra and were poised to take four more Iraqi President Saddam Hussein called a meeting in which political leaders praised their army for "foiling the enemy's evil intentions against great Basra," Iraq's official Baghdad radio reported. Iraq reported its warplanes today attacked four Iranian cities, including the holy city of Qom, and a missile battery in "destructive raids." Western correspondents who vis progress toward the city since it launched a major attack across the southern border Jan. 9. Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency, monitored in Nicosia, said Iranian forces overnight crossed the Jasim River 6 miles east of Basra. ited Basra last week said Iranian shells were landing at a rate of one per minute and many people were leaving the southern port city, which has a population of 1 million. 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