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107th Year Vol. 142 No. 297 Tucson, Monday, October 24, 1983 25 34 Pages incan oryu 9 die mBe I (9) I stay WOWS Wounded Marines and sailors are flown to hospitals in Western nations. Page 8A. Parents of Marines wait to hear whether their sons were among those killed.

Page 8A. since Vietnam," Marine spokesman Maj. Robert Jordan told reporters, his own arms covered with blood from helping carry the dead and maimed. Most of the Marines were asleep on cots when the explosion rained tons of concrete and glass shards down on them. Frantic Marines, some clad only in bloodstained underwear, grabbed shovels to dig for buried comrades crying for help, while others stood sobbing, stunned.

Blood formed puddles on the See REPORTS VARY, Page 2A By G.G. LaBelle The Associated Press BEIRUT, Lebanon At least 161 U.S. Marines and Navy men were killed and 75 wounded early yesterday when a suicide bomber crashed a pickup truck packed with explosives into the lobby of an airport building where the Americans were sleeping. A revolutionary Islamic group claimed responsibility for the blast that leveled the four-story building. Moments later another terrorist the capital, ravaged by years of civil war and foreign intervention.

The bombing at a Marine command post at Beirut airport caused the largest number of casualties suffered by American forces since the Vietnam War. The building housing a Marine battalion landing team at the airport and the nine-story structure occupied by the French about a mile north collapsed in the tremendous explosions just after 6:20 a.m. (9:20 p.m. Saturday MST). "I haven't seen carnage like that drove a truck-bomb into a building housing French troops and blew it up.

State radio reported that 34 French soldiers were killed. The French Defense Ministry in Paris said the death toll was nine dead, 14 wounded and 53 missing. In Washington, the State Department received a report from Beirut saying a group calling itself the Islamic Revolutionary Movement claimed responsibility for both attacks. According to the report, an U.S. to answer 'heinous' attack, president says sr' ,1 WASHINGTON (AP) President Reagan, scorning the "bestial nature" of assassins responsible for the Beirut bombing-deaths of 161 Marines and sailors, vowed yesterday that international terrorists will not "drive us out" of Lebanon.

The president ordered Marine Commandant Paul X. Kelley to fly to Beirut to determine how American forces could be protected, and he said the United States would respond to the "deliberate and heinous" slay-ings when the perpetrators are identified. White House officials did not indicate what steps might be taken, or against whom. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger said there is "circumstantial evidence" that Iranians were involved in the bombing.

A senior White House official who insisted on anonymity went further, saying there is "very strong circumstantial evidence and bits and pieces 1 9 mm 1 4 'i V. of hard evidence" that Iranians were involved. It was learned that one of the possibilities being explored is that the attack was carried out by Iranian nationals at the direction of Syria. The Washington Post reported today that the circumstantial evidence pointed to a radical Shiite Moslem group in Lebanon known as Hezballah, which is backed and inspired by Iran's leader, the Ayatol-lah Ruhollah Khomeini. Hezballah means "party of God." The Post quoted unidentified American specialists as saying that the Hezballah organization came under increasing Iranian influence last year after hundreds of Khomeini's Revolutionary Guards moved into Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, while Israeli forces were battling Palestine Liberation Organization fighters there.

In a morning statement, Reagan, See Page 2A are identified," said Speakes. Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger said efforts are being considered to reduce the Marines' vulnerability, and other Pentagon sources said the troops' headquarters could be moved to the protection of ships offshore. One State Department official said Weinberger in the past has argued for putting the Marines on the American warships. However, the official said the State Department doesn't favor that option because it would appear to be a retreat by the administration and a weakening of U.S. support for the government of Lebanese President Amin Gemayel.

The State Department officials said there may be more American casualties in the weeks and months ahead, although they say new precautions will be taken to guard against a repeat of the terrorist See MARINES CALLED, Page 2A Marines' role called vital to Mideast peace it anonymous caller telephoned the Beirut office of the French news agency Agence France Presse and said two of the movement's fighters, named as Abu Mazin, 26, and Abu Sija'n, 24, perished in the suicide bombings. That group had not been heard of before in Beirut. The caller report- V-'f said, "The president clearly has made a mistake in leaving our troops so vulnerable for so long." Rep. John McCain, expressed sympathy for the families of the slain Americans, and said, "As I feared, it is not possible for us to maintain our role as a peacekeeping force, and I again call for their withdrawal." Rep. Morris K.

Udall, said the Marine force was a "sitting duck," but that its members "are brave Marines who go to where their country tells them." Udall urged the Reagan administration to reassess the nation's involvement in Lebanon. Sports Time Off. With an idle weekend ahead, University of Arizona football coach Larry Smith is giving his team a few days off after a loss to Stanford. Page IB. Marathon winner.

Rod Dixon of New Zealand becomes the first foreigner to win the New York City marathon. Page IB. Hug your kids. Physical contact conveys parents' love for their children more strongly than a congratulatory "Well done." Page 1C Entertainment Quirky rhythm. "Under Fire" tells about Nicaragua's 1979 revolution, succeeds in visualizing the war, but has problems, says Star film critic Jacqi Tully.

Page SC. edly told AFP the movement would not rest until Beirut was controlled by "revolutionary Moslems and the combative democratic youth." The two bombings were the most savage attacks on the multinational force since it was deployed in Beirut last fall at the Lebanese government's request to help keep peace in -J -fy i Tim Aociatl Pr McCain, a former Navy officer, said in a statement the attack was "exactly the grave concern I had when I called for the withdrawal of the Marines." "It is not militarily feasible to remain there, nor would it be militarily feasible to retaliate," McCain said. DeConcini, however, jioted Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's statement that "circumstantial evidence" indicates Iran was responsible for the attack. "If it is shown that the Iranian government was involved in this See 'BARBARIC Page 2A Banii Sandare, Tom and Ava Crowell with I 1 in 1 in f2i in Tha mm-rr- 'a j' -1 1 "4 JV it Rescuers move wounded U.S. Lawmakers WASHINGTON (AP) America's political establishment reacted with dismay and frustration yesterday to the bloody attack on sleeping Marines in Lebanon.

Many demanded an explanation and an investigation and a new look at the policy that sent them there. Two of the Democrats seeking their party's presidential nomination called for pulling the troops out, and even Republicans questioned the wisdom of the U.S. policy which put the Marines and sailors in a vulnerable position at the Beirut airport. In Plains, former President Weather Rather nice, it is expected to be mostly sunny and beautiful again today in Tucson, with little temperature change. A high of 80 and a low of 58 are expected.

Yesterday's high and low were 85 and 57. Yesterday's national temperature extremes were 17 at Gunnison, and 97 at Imperial, Calif. Details on Page 2A. i Marine on a stretcher out of the wreckage of the building blown up in a suicide attack question U.S. policy, demand probe Jimmy Carter proposed considering removal of the Marines "from their exposed positions, perhaps to the U.S.

naval ships offshore" unless there is "some evidence of willingness by the occupying forces (Syria and Israel) or by the Lebanese themselves to follow a peaceful path toward the resolution of their differences." Carter added: "We seem to be maintaining a relatively defenseless peacekeeping force huddled down in the midst of a chronic civil war over which we have little, if any, control or influence." Sen. Dennis DeConcini, News Not sitting around. Ted Brandes is 83 and dying of cancer. But he's still an active volunteer, spending daily stints monitoring his citizens band radio for distress calls. Page3A.

Mayor missing. Only Mayor Murphy failed to appear last night at WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. Marines will remain in Lebanon because the Reagan administration thinks they have to be there, even though there is the risk of more casualties and the American public may not understand, well-informed State Department officials said yesterday. A pullout of Marines is highly unlikely because it would probably lead to a blood bath among warring' Lebanese factions and a takeover by radicals, said the officials, who discussed the administration's options in Lebanon on the condition they would not be identified. Last night, the president's spokesman, Larry Speakes, said Reagan has directed that Gen.

Paul X. Kelley, commandant of the Marine Corps, depart for Beirut to undertake a complete review of ways to provide better protection for the Marine contingent in Lebanon. "We also intend to respond to this criminal act when the perpetrators Arizana Daily Star Wapi Stolen is By Joe Watt The Arizona Daily Wapi the Home, where Tom and Ava Wapi's an unhappy incident puppy was stolen week. Tom Crowell deaf. Wapi The first child in important member "We were cried," Ava said "Happi, our an ACLU forum in which city candidates dealt chiefly with crime and LifPStvIe riehts issues in Tucson.

Pase 3A. poodle safely home Star poodle is safe at home. she will serve as a set of ears for Crowell, both of whom are deaf. homecoming provides a happy ending to that began when the 7-month-old from the Crowells' pickup last is deaf and Ava, his wife, is partially is no ordinary pet to them. northwest-side couple are expecting their December, and Wapi is to be a very of the family.

training her to alert us when the baby last week. other poodle, responds to the door-See ALERT WOMAN, Page 4A Public pressure. Residents of Acton, have worked together to expose pollution at a local plant and force a cleanup. Page 8B. Golf-course incident, a suspect is under observation at a Georgia hospital after an incident Saturday in which he briefly held hostages and demanded to talk to the president.

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