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Show Vol. 232, No. 104 Dutch Bolster Terrorism Defenses By Abner Katzman Associated Press Writer A THE HAGUE, Netherlands very reliable" report that Palestinian terrorists plan a new attack caused a high alert to be expanded Sunday to include U.S. diplomatic and commercial offices in the Netherlands,; the Dutch Justice Ministry said. The access road to the front of the U.S. Embassy in The Hague was blocked by sand-fille- d dumpsters at each end Sunday night, and police . ' - converged within minutes to investigate the flash of a photographers camera. Police presence was increased at the U.S. consulate in Amsterdam, and police spokesman Klaas Wilting said other U.S. facilities were being guarded. The alert began Thursday in the Netherlands and Scandinavia, when Interpol, the international police organization, warned that Abu Nidal terrorist commandos might strike at any time against Jewish or Israeli targets. "There had been talk for a few days that American targets could be endangered, ministry spokeswoman Toos Faber told The Associated Press Sunday. But this morning it became more conclusive. There is an extension of the targets. Dutch authorities warned privately that the expanded alert made guarding all potential American, Is raeli and Jewish targets practically impossible." Scandinavian officials said their alert had not been expanded to include American targets. The U.S. government has blamed the Abu Nidal faction, a dissident offshoot of the Palestine Liberation Organization, for Dec. 27 terrorist attacks that left 19 dead, including five Americans, at airports in Vienna and Rome. Faber declined to disclose further details of the Dutch response to the new threat, in line with an official policy of confidentiality on such matters. A West German newspaper meanwhile said Sunday that Libyan leader Col. Moammar Khadafy has ordered Palestinian gunmen to kill Foreign Genscher. Minister Bild am The Hamburg-publisheSonntag quoted unidentified "members of the West German govern- Hans-Dietric- h NFL Field Narrows Super Bowl XX AFC Patriots vs. NFC Bears d See See Sports , C- -l Column 3 A-- Its Opening Day On Capitol Hill By Douglas L. Parker Tribune Political Editor A new-loo- k 46th Utah Legislature returns for its second general session Monday with Gov. Norm Bangerter delivering his message to a nighttime joint session. There are new computers scattered around the Capitol chambers, fresh paint and new carpets from a remodeling of offices and committee rooms, new rules proposed for speeding up floor work, and even a couple of new lawmakers in the House of Representatives. New wrinkles even extend to Gov. Bangerters annual message discussing the state's general welfare and recommended new government responses. A 6:30 p.m. address in the House chamber, scheduled for live television by two broadcasting stations, is a departure from the traditional speech in connection with the morning ceremonial opening of the Legislature. The Senate and House will convene at 10 a.m. in their respective chambers for a full days work aimed at introduction of most of the 300 bills and resolutions already adoption of rules and computer instruction. Lawmakers break in the early evening for a buffet supper at the Capitol prior to the governors message, which usually is presented to a full gallery crowded with lawmakers family and state officials. The novelty will likely fade quickly as legislators plunge into the same old issues of budgeting and taxes reacting to a forecast $25 million revenue shortfall for the current fiscal year and a generally acknowledged stringent, proposed $2.7 billion budget for the next fiscal year. I dont see any new vistas that the governor hasnt already outlined last education, ecoyear: the three Es nomic development and efficiency in y pre-file- d, Tribune Staff Photo by Pool Fraughton Bangerter shares a light moment in the State Senate President Arnold Christensen, left, and with Capitol Gov. Norm Speaker of the House of Representatives Robert H. Garff. address this evening. Governor willdeliver state-of-sta- te Shultz Says Reports Indicate Terrorists Lebanon Trained in Syrian-Controll- - ; WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of State George P. Shultz said Sunday that intelligence reports indicate the terrorists who attacked the Rome and Vienna airports last month were trained in territory Syrian-controlle- d of Lebanon. ; But to what extent, of course . . . that involved the Syrian authorities, were not able to say," Shultz said. Appearing on the CBS program Face the Nation, Shultz acknowledged that U.S. and other intel'igence agencies had determined the terrorists had been in the Bekaa Valley of eastern Lebanon and gone through Damascus. Despite the new intelligence information, there is no plan or thought Shultz said while Syria is on the State Departments list of countries supporting terrorism, Syrias picture is a rather different one . . .Syrias behavior toward all these things is rather different from Libyas. Todays Chuckle You've got to say one thing for modern transportation at least were getting nowhere faster. 3 iin w mui Page Business Classified And beyond that, of course, we are working with Syria on a number of fronts in a constructive way, Shultz added. Shultz was apparently responding to Syrian officials, quoted in Sunday editions of The New York Times, who expressed irritation over remarks last week by a top U.S. official that sanctions might be imposed against Syria. Robert Oakley, head of the State Departments counterterrorism unit was asked by reporters last Thursday if sanctions might be imposed against Syria. It could possibly come to that, he replied. Oakley also charged that Syria sup-Se- e Column 4 A-- wiiiMiiMiiiinirrTiwirnTirrnmniiiiwiiiiiii mu im i iiiniiinniiiiiiiirmn n i D-- l A-- 8 Comics Editorials Entertainment Foreign Lifestyle National Obituaries Public Forum Sports Star Gazer Television 3 A-D-- 3 A-- 9 5 C-- 7 B-- 4 Todays Forecast Salt Lake City and vicinity Fog- gy, chance of showers. Details, un-- mu m B-- mpmuiw rami - i - Changes in Greenbacks Wont Be a;.- ; By Martin S. Crutsinger Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Traditional- ' ists rejoice. The greenback is stay- -' ing green. I ' No more jokes about the dollar ; being dead the day its colored red. In fact, the upcoming changes in U.S. currency aimed at making it harder to counterfeit may not even be noticeable at first glance. We are not going to change the color and we are not changing the portraits. Any changes will be subtle," U.S. Treasurer Katherine Ortega said in an interview. While Ortegas words are aimed at calming jittery nerves over just what the government has in store for the money, not everyone is assured. Ron Paul, a former Republican congressman from Texas who was defeated in a 1984 Senate bid, questions the government's motives in - . ' making the changes, charging that something other than a desire to thwart counterfeiters is at work. The deep down motivation is to find out where the money is, he warns. "It is a direct attack on the privacy of people. Paul paints a scenario where the government would put metal threads in the currency and then use metal detectors to find where people have stashed large sums of cash. Another possiblity, Paul contends, is that the government will require that the old cash be turned in for new money, all under the eagle eye of the Internal Revenue Service. But Treasury Department officials say these fears are groundless. They say that the new bills will move into circulation gradually as old bills are withdrawn and all old currency will remain legal tender. Ortega said no final decisions on changes have been made by Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III. But some officials suggested that Baker may decide to adopt a approach, making relatively minor adjustments first and then delaying decisions on more two-pha- se complicated approaches until more study is completed. One school of thought argues to go ahead and do what can be done now with the things that are proven technology and fairly cheap to put in place, said Kenneth Swab, counsel tc the House Banking e on coinage. Chief among the possible changes in the first phase is the addition of a security thread, a thin strip of plastic, running from the top of the bill down to the bottom. The thread, put inside the paper as it is made, would appear as a faint Off-Col-or line until it is held up to a light. Under close examination, tiny printing, perhaps the initials U.S.A., could be seen. Another possibility in the first phase is addition of a watermark on one side of the portrait on the front of a bill. A counterfeiter would have to make his own paper to copy the watermark. Another change, the addition of a hologram, is expected to be delayed pending further development. A hologram produces a image that three-dimension- seems to project out from the per. pa- Holograms, which are virtually impossible to duplicate, are already being incorporated on MasterCard and Visa credit cards, but the prototypes examined so far have failed to pass the durability See A-- Column 4 view, answering any questions thrown at him. A budget document was delivered to legislators in December, drawing concern over proposals to tap flood control reserves for operating budgets and to issue bonds for new buildings. The two new appointed House members coming on board since the !6ths first regular session are Reece Goodrich, Draper, a building contractor, and Jeril Wilson, Provo, a former Utah County commissioner. Rep. Goodrich replaced Rep. David Tomlinson of Bluffdale, who moved from his district. Rep. Wilson succeeds Rep. Joseph Jenkins, who was elected Provos mayor. On a trial run basis, personal computers, loaned by different private manufacturing firms, have been installed and connected to the state central computer. Legislators and staff may be able to check status of legislation as it moves through the Legislature or research existing laws electronically. A couple of computers are planned for the back rooms off the Senate chamber, and about 30 terminals are planned for House desks or around the chamber walls. These are in addi-.- . tion to a few television monitors initi-Se- e A-Column 5 -- Seeking War Goods Bound for Iraq Iranian Sailors Board, Search U.S. Vessel By James Rowley Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Armed Iranian navy sailors searching for war goods bound for Iraq on Sunday boarded an American merchant ship sailing in international waters just outside the Persian Gulf, the State Department said. There were no injuries or loss of search property during the two-hoof the President Taylor, the first U.S. flag ship to be stopped by Iran, which has been fighting a five-yea-r war with neighboring Iraq, said department spokesman Bruce Ammerman. After the search, the bulk cargo ship owned by the American President Lines, Ltd., proceeded to the port of Fujaira, located on the Gulf of Oman in the United Arab Emirates, Ammerman said. The ship was boarded Sunday at 11 a.m. local time (2 a.m. EST), Ammerman said. Although this incident is obviously of serious concern, we have not yet met with the ships captain and ascertained the full facts of the case, he said. The boarding party consisted of seven Iranians who inspected the ships manifest, said Richard Tav-rosenior vice president and general counsel of the Oakland, Calif.-base- d shipping company. A U.S. government official who asked to not be identified said the Iranian party consisted of three officers and four sailors described as busi" nesslike and - 7 . 5 5 u Tribune Telephone Numbers on A-- 3 ed about imposing similar sanctions on Syria, Shultz said. I hope Syria will not do things that will make that necessary, and my guess is that they wont, the secretary said. mi Inside The Tribune government," remarked House Speaker Robert H. Garff, Itll be just more effort on these." Senate President Arnold Christensen, speculated his colleagues will be scratching their heads by session end Feb. 26 on how to significantly alter the governors fiscal recommendations calling for less than a 2 percent growth overall. It just seems to covering what we already have in place, he explained. Gov. Bangerter will forego a formal budget message to a legislative joint session. Instead, he will appear before a Tuesday luncheon caucus of lawmakers off the chamber to sell his Tavrow said the President Taylor, a bulk cargo ship that usually carries grain between West Asian ports, was stopped by a single Iranian navy ship. The ship had a crew of 43, "probably all Americans, was commanded by Capt Robert Reimann and was carrying bags of grain when it was stopped, he said. Ircnicn (levy Searches U& Merchant Ship "They requested the ship to stop, apparently by radio, said Tavrow. "The master protested and said the ship was in international waters, but they in effect said youd better stop because they had an armed vessel. Tavrow added, Were certainly concerned because we serve Fujaira and we are a major U.S. line company. To that extent we have to be very concerned about anythihg that interferes with shipping traffic, he said. The search marked the first time that a U.S. flag vessel has been stopped by Iran," Ammerman said. for the past approxiIran mately five months been conducting numerous visits and searches of several neutral nations merchant ships in the gulf area looking for war supplies destined for Iraq, its enemy in the war," he said. ... |
