WASHMGETOY POST. Voard confirmed that Thomas’ wife, { see MEESE, AiL, Col. 1 17 maR - Disappearances Plague Probe of Aquino Murder By William Branigan Washington Post Foreign Service MANILA, March 16—A_ fact- finding board investigating the as- sassination of opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. is debating wheiher to travel to the United States to interview prospective wit- nesses as fears mount that 2 sus- pected military cover-up of the mur- der has taken a violent turn, accord- ing to people working on. the inves- ligation. The board also expects to place more witnesses under protective cus- tody in light of a trail of deaths or disappearances that followed ihe murder of Aquino at Manila Inter- national Airpart Aug. 21 while he was in the custody of military guards. So far at least six other per- sons have died cr disappeared asa result of that assassination, lawyers said. Testimony about the disappear- ances has shifted attention away from questions about the actual as- sagsination fo suspicions ahout a subsequent cover-up, and the need to protect witnesses whe can further the investigation. The trail begins with Rolando Galman, a purported professional gunman who the government claims. shot Aquino on the xirpert tarmac on behalf of communist rebels before being gunned down himself by se- curity guards. Two weeks later, according to tes- See MANILA, A2}, Col. 1 : re | stie-Appreyed For Release.2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-007%88R0049005G0011-3 | : Cunmen Seize U.S. Political Officer on Street in West Beirut By Herbert H. Denton Wazhington Post Foreign Service BEIRUT, March 16—A US. dip- lomat was kidnaped by unknown gunmen in front of his west Beirut apartment building as he set out for work at the embany this morning. According to witnesses, William Buckley, first secretary of the polit- ical section, tried to escape his ab- ductors but two carloads of gunmen blocked his auto. An armed man leaped from a car, put a pistol to Mozambique, 5. Airica Sign Detente Accord By Glenn Frankel Washington Post Fareign Service ON THE MOZAMBICAN-SOUTH AFRICAN BOR- DER. March i6—The leaders of South Africa and Mc- zambique signed an accord today pledging “nonaggres- sion and good neighbcriiness” in the first such pact ever signed between one of Africa’s independent black nations and its sole remaining white-ruled one. The Komati Accord, signed by South African Prime otha and Mozambican President Minister Pieter W. Buckley's head, forced him into one of the cara and sped off. Robert Pugh, first deputy at the U.S. Embassy, said late today there had been reports that the car was seen south of the capital but there were no hard leads nor indication of why Buckley was kidnaped. ——- “We are handicapped,” Pugh said, “because as is the case with any em- bassy, we would deal with the legally constituted authorities, of which there are none in west Beirut.” Samora Machel in a colorful ceremony in a no-man’s | FRS?z¢ land on the bank of the Komati River between the two countries’ borders, commits each to respect the sover- eiznty of the other and tc refrein from supporting insur- gents seeking to overthrow the other government. For both nations, the treaty marks a dramatic reversal of policy following nearly a decade of hostile relations that in recent years led to cross-border raids into Mo- zambique by South African commandes and warplanes. It is also the first formal step toward what American diplomats, who helped orchestrate the negotiations that led to the pact, hope will he a region-wide detente that will result in indep&yexaveed therSnate trolled territory of Namibia and end a series of bush wars | | Popuiar Coupie Died By Ken Ringle “What we have is what I would call a precariously balanced anar- chy,” he said. For help in finding Buckley, the embassy turned to the two dominant militia in west Beirut, the Shiites’ Amai and the Druze of ihe Progres- ‘sive Socialist Party. Pugh said the ‘embassy had also asked the militia to provide protection for American diplomats at their homes. Buckley was the third American to disappear under mysterious cir- Bonnie and Ene Glover , At Edge of 2 Cultures Washington Fost Stall writer In many respects, Bruce and Bonnie Glover were a couple right out of their time: young afecR0O008/)8 woM-RBEseneb7eeReEd SoD and possibilities of Washington and the personal Swoprequyes Reokel wae, Cease Cale Gkadle  calnt Tose rates may inch hisher in the next See ECONOMY, Al2, Col. 1 cumstances since the Feb. 6 militia takeover that aggravated lawlessness in west Beirut. Shoot-outs on the streets, daylight holdups, break-ins and car and boat thefts are recur- rent. Unlike the random shelling of res- idential neighborhoods by warring . sectarian factions, these crimes are often without any political dimen- sion but appear to be the work of young toughs taking advantage of the chaos. Hughes Gets Bill | See BUDGET, AS, Col. } i {In the civil war Friday, the As- sociated Presa reported, Christian and Moslem militiamen traded mor- tar and rocket-propelled grenade fire from midnight until midmorning. The firing resumed at nightfall. As of this evening, no group claimed responsibility for Buckley’s kidnaping. There was speculation that it might have been carried out by a shadowy group calling itself Islamic Jihad that has claimed re- See BEIRUT, A2, Col. 1 Md. Votes to Limit Pensions By Saundra Saperstein and Michel McQueen Washington Post Staff Writers ANNAPOLIS, March 16—The Marviand House of Delegates re- versed its vote of two days ago and passed legislation today that will re- strict pension benefits of 80,000 state employes and teachers. Then,’ with extraordinary speed, the State Senate approved the bill, sending it to Gov. Harry Hughes, who is ex- pected to sign it. ¢ Reversing its dramatic 70-to-70 tie of Wednesday which had de-— feated the measure, the House ap- proved the bill on a 71-to-68 vote after House Speaker Besiamin L. Cardin (D-Baltimore} secured the victory margin with a deal for in- creased state aid to schoc!s, ‘Then, amid cries of foul play from the pension bill’s stunned oppo- nents, the measure was rushed across the marble hallway to the Senate chamber and introduced there. Emoploving a series of prore- dural maneuvers, the Senate cui short a process that usually take days or even weeks and in less than seven hours epproved the bill, 29 to 1% Today’s action provided an unex- pectedly swift climax for the issue that had turned the General Assem- bly into a battleground between the pension bill’s teacher-cpponents and legislative leaders, who made it the linchpin of the 1984 session. The Lill became critical when the Senate threatened to kill a huge aid-to-ed- ucation package, particularly prized by Baltimore, if the House failed to pass the pension bill Tonight, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee held up its end of the bargain by approving, 11 to 2, See PENSIONS, A10, Col. 3
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French diplomats said a French engineer living in weat Beirut disap- peared tws weeks ago. after ielling a hotel clerk he was going out ta take photographs, The embassy’s diplomatic staff now numbers about 0, haif of its normal size, Many U.S. Embassy employes have maved into buildings used by the embassy on the seafront that are guarded by about 1¢0 ma- MARCH 17, 18, 19 ine-—-Formarly Howard Jobnssa’s NEXT LOCATION 20,21 8/08:: CIA-RDB9S-00788R001900538011-3 re ik 7 © guarantee or in tha a. Gn March Dale Dorman was 8 it in t the at and arm as he was walking aleng the seafront near the embasgy. Marine embassy guards who have ventured blocks out of the compound said they have been threatened by carloads of young men and warned that if they go into town wear civilian clothes, cat £ hd & sow rine sal he care One marine said one of the loads threatening him appeared sur- prised that not all of the contingent from the former multinational peace-keeping force had withdrawn te ships at sea. But Americans are not the only targets. A Lebanese aie noon n Sunday y by a a ‘gunmen whe took their identification papers and ear. Last Friday, two groups of mili-- tiamen fought for several hours with semi-automatic weapons s and rocket- sropelled grenades in a densaly pon- othecd two blocks east of the prime minisier’s office. According to neighbors, the shoot- out stemmed item an eight-year-old dispute between the owner of a small shoe shop and a service-station car washer across the street, In the past, the two men had merely shouted at ulated n nei ighb ‘one another, but this time each got militia friends for backup. Residents 1 felt some relief when three armored trucks carrying Leb- anese Army soldiers came, but the soldiers merely observed the fighting and continued on. Only when miii- (BAR & GAME TABLE CLEARANCE pbs HSINHSSLINTTeHROOTOUUSAUEH AES este aes “WILLIAM BUCKLEY .«. forced from exr of way to work 4 tiamen of Amal’s “police unit" ar- rived did the fighting end. “What we have is a state without instruments of power and rmilitias aun iversity mro- fezsor here lamented the other day. He and ciners worry that factional leaders meeting in Switzerland do not appear to be atiempting to find any compromise for a security force. Without such agreement, these sources fear, political decisions will be rendered meaningless. The Progressive Socialist Party and Amal “have tried very hard to be cooperative and supportive” of U.S. Embassy personnel, said Pugh. “But they are not equipped to gov- ern or to carry out those functions of government that are important” in something like Buckley's kidnaping. A European diplomat said he had been told that Amai and the Social- ists had killed 10 petty criminals in a show of force against the lawiesaness. “It. wasn’t enough,” he added, sant het atrafsoiag ” Praveauees Gubearupecsy, mabe ness. we benil destroyer trailing tke v ‘. off the Lebanese S colliding recently with five Ame ships conducting maneuvers. According to Capi. Robert Cooner, commander of the am: ious landing ship USS Trenton incident occurred a few days : the Feb. 26 completion of the t fer of US. Marines from Beirut the five ships. Coorer said the Soviet Kes type destroyer bore down on the umn end only fumed away at last minute under the bows of lead American ship, the Fort 5 dng, about 700 yards away. “Tr looked awlully close,” Ce a ~~ # z 2 Lebanese Ho Durme Pau HM TRIO C..taene Vinee A LA AU USANNE, "vast M is “(AP)——Specualists worked t: te dratt final political proposals mediators hope might win appi Saturday from the rivai Mosiem Christian factions at the Leb: peace talks. informal talks between facti leaders were reported making b way as Syria pressed both side reach 4 compromise on plans post-civil structural reforma. “let’s face it, it’s Syria’s sh said one West European diplc who dropped in at the luxury | where the conference began Mon Two committees of experts se by the National Reconciliation |