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Monday, December 15, 1986 Eobbers take $6 million in Sicily holdup PALERMO, Sicily - Five armed robbers, three of them dressed as pos tal workers, bound and gagged six employees of a train station post office and escaped with $6.42 million in cash and money orders, police reported Sun day. The Saturday night robbery, believed the biggest in Sicilian history, was "certainly the work of professionals," said a police official. The officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Mafia might be involved. ' This was the police account: The five pulled up to the post office at Palermo's main train station at about 9 p.m. in a van of the type used by the postal sen ice. Once inside, they asked for the head of t he office by name and forced him at gunpoint to lead them to the vault room. Three clerks were bound, gagged and left guarded by one bandit. Salvatore Pileri, the head of the office, led the bandits to the third floor, where the clerk on duty was ordered to open the safes. One gunman removed the videotape from the closed circuit television camera. The robbers emptied the safes, tied up Pileri and two other clerks and fled in the van. Police were notified of the robbery an hour later in an anonymous tele phone call. They found the van aban doned on the east side of Palermo, the Sicilian capital. It was stolen five days ago. Daily Nebraskan In Brief Iraqi warplanes bomb Tehran NICOSIA, Cyprus Iraqi warplanes destroyed an anti-aircraft defense network and a power plant in Tehran Saturday in the first air raid on the Iranian capital in seven months, state-run Baghdad Radio reported. Other Iraqi fighter-bombers attacked military targets in northwestern Iran closer to the Iraqi border, the radio added. Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency, monitored in Nicosia, confirmed the raid on the power station. It made no mention of Iraq's claim that the jets destroyed surface-to-air missile bases. It also acknowledged that the cities of Merivan, Rabat and Mosek in Kurdistan province were hit. The agency reported civilian casualties in those raids, but gave no figures. The last Iraqi air strike against Tehran was May 7, in which the city's main oil refinery of Shahr Ray was the target and storage tanks were set ablaze. Eleven civilians were reported killed and 43 wounded in that attack. UNLIMITED FREE PEPSI I When you have to hit the books, take advantage of our special Finals Week Offer - - Unlimited Free Pepsi with a minimum $2.50 purchase and a stu dent I.D.! Now that's an eye-opener! 10th & Cornhusker 476-2977 fmco del SQL Mexican Food Restaurants Student Shopping Dollars at 7xnrn rn rs vT AT o ati iC JEWELERS Good When Used On Any Purchases of $100. Or More 5 M S611 fT "Downtown" Corner of 13th & P JEWELERS "Gateway" at Ben Simons Valid on any SI 00 .00 or more purchases Not valid with any other discount Good through Dec. 3 1 , 1 986 rS8 Ji r If In FOR STORE USE 50 DISCOUNT AM T. Beauty Break Haircut $7.00 Shampoo & Style $6.00 Perfect Perm $13.50 Highlights 017.50 Call for your appointment 477-6922 ... I I t i - A ' : j Retail Outlet for Sebastian, Matrix, La Coupe, Paul Mitchell, Redken, Nexus and Directives products. SKY WALK LEVEL - ATRIUM 1200 "N" Street Open Mon.-Fri. 8-9; Sat 8-5:30; Sun. 12-5 "I'm Dreaming of a Pickles ChristrnasJ INCLUDES ' WORD UP & CANDY" f' ;ft i'Wmis xV W$'. ' ' fi S ' J :--r r; o r- v will Vr" m - - " X'yt AX) ATLANTA ! i , ' " X $A Wftk-l GjPsS - v Uv-v, - --v- vjwms-- j iKta i JRECOROS.TAPeS.COMPACTO.SCsV- f ... , S ;;,. ' X ' W " - 220 N.10lh 3B14 Normal 237S.70lh f '. ' ' 7f ' Page 3 r I