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\ "\ \ \- ^ ■ ■'ft ■a\ ;Av«ra|fe DaiIjr.Net Prem Rup > \ For The Week Bnded June io, 1970 The Weather Pair and cool tonight; low IKI 15,770 to BS. Tomorrow aunny, pleaa- ant; hl«h about 7B. WwkMa- Manche»ter—rA City of Village Charm doy’a outlook — fair and mild. \VOL. LXXXIX, NO. 223 MANCHESTER, CONN., MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1970 (OlMeUled on Facie SI)' PRICE TEN CENTS ■■ U 'fircotics D ^lt Heavy Blow WASraNOTON (AP) —\t t y . an agent who reported being soon, he responded again with Oen. John N. Mitchell, e la te ^ y grabbed on an arm and dragged maas arrests stemming friM Just one word: "Hopefully." about 75 feet after the car which The attorney general said Op what he called “the biggest op^ \Monts forced to a curb began eratlon ot Its kind,” hints feden eration Eagle was aimed at di- ‘ 970 {Hilling away again. minlshing "the flow of hard nar- al agents are planning more at W anwhlle, Mitchell told re- tacks on organized trafficking In coUcs into and within the United I>ortSra "quite a few" opera States." narcotics. tions ^ the scope of the one cli Mitchell Indicated more is to "By concentrating the federal maxed 'during the weekend can enforcement on the sources— come In announcing Sunday that be launched within a year. 190 persons, mostly Cuban refu that is, wholesalers and distrib Asked lf\here are more com utors of narcotics—we believe gees, had been named in com- ing, he replied with one word: piiaints or warrants as part of we can Interrupt the supply "Undoubtedly.When ques lines sufficiently to curtail ad <0 ) what officials said was a ring tioned if they 'Wpuld be coming V <o> controlling most of the cocaine diction particularly among our and a large share of the heroin young," he said. traffic In the United States. Mitchell insisted Operation The Justice Department said Eagle "would have been impos early today 137 persons had Six Arrested sible” without the provisions for been arrested in 10 cities as court-approved wiretapping as c o( part of Operation Eagle, the contained in the 1968 Crime Con code name for a six-month un In Hartfoi^d trol Act. He said such "court- dercover investigation that cul approved electronic surveil minated in weekend raids lances” were on telephones in (C> across the nation. Drug Raid Miami, CSilcago and New York. (O) \” We believe that this opera <0 > Two of those arrested were By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS critically wounded by federal tion is a prime example," he agents—one in New York, the In Hartford, federal agents said, "of how we have been able , other in Miami. arrested six alleged drug to make use of this tool that has "wholesalers" in what was call been given to us by the Con- ( 0 > While personally disclosing ■ 4 1 <0 > ed the first a ^ k e on the net grress. developments at a swiftly called (O) work that traffics narcotics in "But in this area we still need news conference Sunday, Mitch Connecticut. l - v Arte ell gave much of the credit for j more help—We still need the Operation Eagle to legal wire "It’s the first time in Connec narcotics legislation which is <0) tap provisions. ticut that we’ve moved on the before the House of Representa He also pointed to the shoot narcotics system as opposed to tives. ing incidents as fresh support just the street sellers,” Asst. "The S^mte . passed (O) U.S. Atty. P. Mac Buckley said the bill and'iiye need swift House for his stand that Congress Sunday. should pass President Nixon's approval so tfta.t President Nix antlcrlme proposal providing A seventh man was arrested on can sign if thto law and we no-knock entry. “It would have in Hartford for allegedly pos can begin using it~6igainst the sessing heroin, and authorities suppliers of narcotics.’,’ >udie been a' great help to us," he Ibert said. were seeking two more sus The officials figured th,e al pects who remained qnidenti- The attorney general sa<d the leged distribution ring attacked fled in connection with the na in Operation Eagle handled two wounded men were among tionwide raid, according to a three men wdio “resisted when about 75 to 80 per cent of the spokesman for the Justice De flow and distribution of cocaine agents announced their pres partment. ^ ence." Agents shot one man in in the United States and 30 per Among’^ those sUlI at large, cent of the heroin-movement ac his home ^ te r they said he federal authorities said, was aimed his weapon at them. Hie tivity. They said the Miaml- other man was shot in a car by (See Page Three) (See Page Sixteen) A Relighted Mayor Nathan Agostinelli accepts the GOP nomination for state4. i. comptroller.A 11 TAIt was 3« :30 Sunday^ (HaraM morning. ptioto by OClMm) State-Wide GOP Primaries Loom Agostinelli Gets GOP Nod jlvea> ^ - i - ___ COHEN nomlnaitlon by Richard BarWerl "I pledge my support to the I (Herald Reporter) of Waferbury, itmmediate past dbate ti<Ucet, end I accept this L- W With the GOP nomination president of the Connecticut For Senate, Gubernaterial B ' Sunday morning of Mayor Na noinination with deep humiUty,’’ Young Republicans. than Agostinelli for state comp- AgoatlnelU aald. He promised to HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — needed to qualify for a primary, The roll call tor camptroller work tor all of ithe oandldcutee ventions, developed unexpected hour recess Saturday night while nominated, and the convention troller, Manchester, for the first started ait 3:08. Because of the Hie Republican Party of Con but there is some question drama as exhausted delegates Mesklll and Barnes bargained adjourned arouhd 4 a.m. Sun- Connecticut history, has namlnartod by the oanventhm, in necticut is going to have a many abeent delegates (about cluding Thonuus Meoklll tor gov whether he will force one. suddenly asserted themselvs in over the ticket. They cheered day. a candidate to fill a state ot- half had gone home by then), chance to find out what will be Barnes is expected to clarfy his the wee hours of Sunday morn when Spiegle nominated him, ernor and Loiwell Weicker tor (0) ® For secretary of the state, the the call was slow. At 3 :30, when U.S. senator. the effects of a state-wide pri position this week. ing. and made it clear early in the nominee Is State Rep. Barbara Manchesterite has ever mary, a type of fight which both the vote was 68 for Agostinelli The big smile he Oaelied w<aa Barnes did receive an offer Meskill’s candidate for lieuten roll call that they were bent on Dunn of East Hartford. Slq was nominated or elected to and 8 tor Barbieirl, the latter I>olitlcal parties have success from Mesklll of the lieutenant endorsing him. Zamm and tor the ovation he received. ant governor — Malcolm Bald- endorsed by acclamation ^ te r office, withdrew from the race. Most enthustBstlc were his oup- fully avoided^up.to this year. governor spot on the state tick rige of Woodbury — was offered Baldrige bowed out 'and Hull her exponents, 'Violet Valll 'hf Agostinelli, who had been con- Agostinelli 'then was nominat Toup Congressman Lowell P. Weick- et, but turned it down when was nominated by acclamation. portenS from the Capitol Region. en. in npminatlon, and so was Goshen, V ita Vogel of Bridge-ftfi'’®!!®? several others for ed by acclamation. Ctouncil of Gorvemmenta. He la er Jr., the party-endorsed can Mesklll insisted that West Ha Barnes’ candidate — Edward Hull, who had sought the nom- port and State Rep. Marilyn nomination for lieuten- Flashing a big smile, he de didate for U.S. Senator, faces a ven Mayor Alexander F. Zar- Pearson of Stratford, withdrew K^emor, was picked by chairmen of the 26-town oouncli. Zamm of Norwalk. Then State ination__ for^ governor early this livered a brief acceptance There were reports all day certain primary challenge from nowski be included on the tick Rep. Gerard S. Spiegel of Trum year but withdrew in favor of during the roll call. Both Mes- leaders for the comptrol- State Sen. John M. Lupton, who speech, first thanking 'Uie dele long at the Buslinell Saturday et — as the candidate for state bull, a veteran leg;islator known Mesklll, had said recently that klll and Barnes reportedly fa- ‘.x gates for thedr patience in stay has supported a direct primary treasurer. Zarpowskl, who had vored Mrs. Vogel. , el^Uon came at about that there would be a place for his independence, went to he was bowing out of public ing to so late an hour, thanking somewhere on the state ticket system for many years. wanted tl^ lieutenant governor the rostrum and nominated office and would not seek an There was no contest for state ~ ^ Also possible is a primary Rottner tor hds nominating for Agostinelli. He is the only nomination, then spumed the State Sen. T. Clark Hull of Dan other term in the State Senate. treasurer, which went to Robert apeeoh, and praising the Man fight for the nomination for gov offer of state treasurer and the Itallan-Ameriban on the ticket. bury, the chairman of the con But he accepted the nomina Berdon of Branford. Berdoh had chester delegation tor remaining ernor,. which Congressman Mesklll ticket began to fall vention. no idea he was even being con- up knpw*^» o h ^ m-oo .... Hull Suiprlse Thomas J. Mesklll won at the apart. tion for lieutenant governor with at the conventton to vote for The nomination of State Sen.