Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, January 15, 1979

Issue date: Monday, January 15, 1979
Pages available: 222
Previous edition: Saturday, January 13, 1979

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 15, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free press monday january 15, 1979 the Complete Home Sale probably the Best r package Deal in housing Toudy limited Avail Laffity plus Many exciting sex. Watch for More details adv a Gen Star company Winnipeg a photo israeli troopers search the body of one of three palestinian guerrillas involved in an attack on a guest House in the Northern israeli town of maalox Early saturday. Guest House raid foiled Tel Aviv Israel a israeli soldiers killed three palestinian terrorists Ultra Light viscountne1 cigarettes King at a guest House in the Northern City of maalox on saturday after a woman fell from a third Storey window and other visitors scrambled Down knotted sheets to safety police said. Maalox police said the raid was thwarted when a Soldier on routine patrol became suspicious dashed to the second floor and killed one of the Palestin ians. The other two raiders were slain in a separate gunfight at the guest House. Five israelis were injured none seriously. It was Over in a few said a police Man. The palestinians armed with grenades rifles and explosives entered the government run House nine Kilometres South of the Leba Nese Border at 7 . And took a family of three hos Tage while most of the 230 weekend guests were sleeping police said. The dead woman was identified As Miriam 30, of Beersheba who slipped while climbing Down an improvised escape rope. Police initially re ported she jumped in a bid to escape. We heard noises and we heard it was terrorists and i said no it can t said Mazal Azari a guest who suffered three broken ribs in her escape. We looked out the window and saw soldiers. They told us to get dressed quickly. We did and we went Sara Kallach 27, who suffered a mild Back injury while jumping to safety said she and her husband heard strange noises shots and from their Balcony they saw sol Diers motioning for them to wait. Then about five minutes later they told us we could she said. My husband jumped first and 1 went after a worker at the guest House said troops in the area had been on Alert and the state radio reported there had been indications that infiltrators managed to Cross the barbed wire Fence that separates the two countries. Statements issued in Damascus Syria indicated the guerrillas were from the marxist democratic front for the liberation of Palestine and thai they had planned to take hos tages demand Freedom for 10 pales linear prisoners and Fly to Freedom. The operation was named in Honor of the late Algeri an president Houari Bou Jedienne. The front was responsible for the May raid on a school in maalox in which 95 pupils were taken hos Tage. Twenty eight israelis and the three terrorists died in the assault hat freed tile students. Warning health and welfare Canada that danger to health increases with amount smoked avoid inhaling a. Per Curette. 0 it i tar j in the free press r Cairo a police have cracked Down on an age old tourist tradition in Egypt the Pyramid of Cheops after two Visi tors plunged to their deaths within two months. Signs have sprung up around the base of the great Pyramid warning would be climbers in English and arabic that it is forbidden to scale the 135 metre High Tomb of the pharaoh. Uniformed police and plainclothes officers with Walkie talkies patrol the Pyramid around the clock to Nab would be climbers. But still they come and some still slip through despite the strict Security. We get three or four requests a Day to climb the says maj. Mohamed Sharabi of the tourist police. But it is too dangerous and we strictly forbid in the last year police estimate they have dragged 70 to 80 climbers off the ochre coloured stones. Violators including the guides face fines of and two months in jail. Climbing the Pyramid has been illegal since 1951, but the Law was rarely enforced until 1973 and for about 50 cents of Palm guards would look the other Way ;