11 Athletes, Israel's Hopes in Olympic Games, Cut Down in Prime
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a member of the Maccabi
Ramat Gan Sports Club,
originally from Romania,
father of a 2-year-old child;
and Amitzur Shapira, 40, an
athletic coach and father of
four.
The cabinet session began
at 9 a.m. local time and was
interrupted at 11 to enable
the ministers to watch the
memorial services at the
Munich Olympic Stadium
televised live via satellite
The ministers said later that
they were satisfied and
moved by the words of the
West German president,
who laid the blame for the
tragedy at the door of the
Arab states that aid the
terrorists.
Pollee Minister Shlomo
RilleI told reporters after-
ward that Israel expected
the nations of Europe to
take "concrete steps"
against the terrorists. For-
eign Minister Abha Eban,
referring to earlier errone•
ous report, that all of the
hostages were safe, said he
would to, er forget how the
sad yew or their deaths
br,Le
after everyone had
In Western capitals, poli - thing to happen. West. Get - tided to withdraw its team Leaflets had been distri- Group" had carried out the
Ural leaders and statesmen man officials met with on e from the Olympic games as buted in Cairo declaring that attack.
denounced the terrorists as of the terrorists on the sec- a result of the attack.
the "Black September (Related stories Page 24)
depraved and went on to ask ond floor of the Israeli build-
the question to which they ing. A West German spokes-
knew they had no immediate man confirmed the negotia-
answer: "What can we do tions and added "it is a tough
to prevent future similar process."
iightmares?"
There were reports that if
Some East European Com-
munist media normally sym- the negotiations produced no
pathethic to the Arabs said results, Bavarian po lice
the Palestine liberation might try to storm the build-
movement would be hurt ing during the night, despite
Budapest Radio said the at- ' threats by the terrorists they
tack "degraded the Peles would kill all the hostages .
tinian movement to the level
It was reported later that
of political banditry."
Brandt had arrived to take
Polish state television and personal charge of effort ,- 'o
radio said the Arab guerillas free the hostages. Several
"have rendered the worst hundred pro-Israeli demon-
service to their cause."
strators marched thr ,
Leaders of Czechoslo- the streets of Munich, calling
vakia's Olympic team "con- an the West German govern-
demned this act as seriously ment and the Olympic Com-
jeopardizing the course of mittee to cancel or at least
hie Olympic games, which postpone the games until all
and the entire staff of
contribute toward strength the Israeli hostages were re-
ening of peace, friendship eased.
and cooperation of sports in
The demonstrators also
the world," the official CTK tried to march toward the
new, agency reported
Israeli compound but police
Politika in Belgrade sald prevented them from getting
the attackers ' - are conduct- close to the building.
ing . a wrong iiattle. at
About six hours after the
e wrong place in the wrong attack, West German
police
tirm
and agiiins! a wr.mg op-
b•ed relieved by the earlier
tried to approach the build-
reports. Interior Minister ponent
Mg but were fired at by the
Dr. Murk, the interior min- terrorists who told the police
Yosef ailed for a joint
IsrJeli - West German in- ister of Bavaria, has accused to pull back or the hostages 28000 Telegraph Rood at Tel Twelve Moll • 354 -
3300
quiry. Minister of Tourism the Israelis of making nego- would be executed immedi-
Moshe hot said Israel would tiations more difficult be- ately. The armored cars
Sales Service • Collision service on all
overcome the terrorists as cause of "the lack of agree- were pulled back but the
she had overcome all of her ment from Israel to free sharpshooters took up posi-
enemii
prisoners or to get guaran- tions on roofs of neighboring
titi ambas- tees from the Arabs not to buildings.
sador., _1,•,,o ‘,11 Puttkam- Lake action against the hos-
The start of negotiations
mer,
.1 a ,tateinent on tages." But some Israeli apparently was the reason
the e• rat
Munich. Re- sources, in the shock of the for the successive postpone-
call 1
- m., tr, • Miineful times aftermath, rebutted with a ments by the terrorists of
of no
he branded statement accusing the Ger- their ultimatums to kill the
the t , •rt:•ri.ts a - monsters . ' man government with poor ' hostages if their demands
and said all Germans joined handling of the airport were not met. These included
with Israelis in their sor- events.
a pledge by the Israel gov-
row.
Other Israelis questioned ernment to free 200 Arab
For many Germans, ac- the apparent lack of secur- terrorists now- in Israeli jails
cording to reports here, the ity measures at Olympic and provision of a plane to
day's tragedy was one of Village. Merk reported that the terrorists, large enough
despair, less, as one com- at least one of the terrorists to hold them and the hos-
mentator put it, for the ter- was an official employe at tages and with the capacity
rible loss of II lives than the village, and there was to fly to some Arab capital.
for the bitter realization reason to believe that other
Ten Israelis were reported
that the Olympic Games on members of the band had
which many Germans work- obtained accreditation. This to have managed to flee from
ed for six years to erase a would explain how the ter- the building during the ter-
memory of The past, had rorists were so well ac- rorist attack.
been destroyed
They included two women,
quainted with the Israeli
Ir.
Shulamit Nit- , a swimmer,
Bet tin. where
Hitler compound at the village.
staged the Olympic Games
German police were posi- and Esther Schakmorof, a
in P.Kti, to orate the superi- tioned all around the build- sprints and hurdles cham-
ority of ''.‘.yart - athletes ing and sharpshooters were pion. Dr. Shaul Ladany, who
and in Munich where the posted on roofs of nearby was in the 50-kilometer walk
master criminal staged his buildings. Riot police wear- event, escaped by jumping
beer hall putsch in 1923, ing bulletproof vests were out of a window.
citizens were despondent by stationed in nearby base-
Mark Spitz, the American
what many termed the ob- ments. Armored cars, ma- swimmer who captured an
scenity and pathology of the chineguns ready for firing, extraordinary seven
gold
new criminals
were stationed on neighbor- medals in the competition,
ng streets, out of sight of was taken under guard to a
he Arab terrorists.
downtown hotel. Two body-
At Munich police headquar- guards were assigned to pro-
IF YOU TWIN THE
ers, Police Chief Manfred tect the American Jewish
'hreiser maintained unremit- swim star. Munich police
5/
ing contact with West Ger- provided bodyguards f o r
UPSIDE DOWN YOU WON T
FIND A FINES WIN. THAN
1 The Forma, Lurnosrot
man officials, led by Chan- other Jewish athletes, in ad-
9
94.1r or Brow,
ellor Willy Brandt, and dition to Spitz.
Grusnod Verser Cniu,
Prance Edward
B avarian officials. The spec-
B,acs Gold
ureen
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West German officials in-
T. nrOle BupgunA s
8 The Longer L ook
ators managed to assemble formed the terrorists that
Melee Wiw,w, Dotrott. TA•cO
3 The Black Edward...,
n the area despite police "highly-placed West German
9 Tancs
o 12 Color
4 F.,. Trousers rn Black
b arriers, waiting for some-
Brown and Grey and Blacr.
personalities" had offered to
Soo,
10 4 Boors Burk Shorn',
take the place of the Israeli
Gorfan
5 Scrape, DouBle Breasted
cr Blue Brocade 4 , Dark
hostages.
B Snots Black Shin.ng
May the coming year be filled
with health, happiness
peace & prosperity
for the entire community
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Glassman 8 Family
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8—Friday, Sept. 8, 1972
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The officials also demand-
ed that a doctor and an am-
bulance be permitted to enter
the building and remove the i
wounded Israeli, presumably
before the report developed '
that he had died of his
wounds. The officials said
the terrorists turned down
both proposals.
Radio Cairo broadcast
hourly reports on the attack r
but has adhered strictly to
factual accounts totally with
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