News In Brief

January 20, 1984

Educator's killing called signal of more terrorism

The assassination of Malcolm Kerr, president of the American University of Beirut, was a warning that terrorism will continue until ''there will no longer be a single American or Frenchman'' in Lebanon, the group that claimed the killing says. ''Kerr was the victim of the American presence in Lebanon,'' said a caller claiming to be a member of Islamic Jihad, or Holy War.