Homestead Numbered Upheaval Hundreds soak up Four Simms turnovers East Germans demand history of Cheneys/3 key to Eagle victory/9 reunification vote/5 iiianrhpHtpr Irralft ■rr Monday, Dec. 4, 1989 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm iBaurbrHlrr Hrralb MHS and Coventry Newsstand Price: 35 Cents girls’ hoop previews Bush hails ‘peaceful revolution By Terence Hunt in Europe?”’ see page 41 “These charismatic, visionary, sweetness and light” at the Malta SPORTS The Associated Press In fact, the president told a news designed to reduce U.S. troops in Bush, Gorbachev offer macho guys, they’ll do anything,” summit, he applauded Gorbachev’s Europe by 30,0(X) and Soviet troops conference after meeting with he said to laughter. vision o f Cold War's end handling of the change in Eastern by 325,()00 to a level of about BRUSSELS, Belgium — F*rcsi- NATO leaders that the United States The 16 NATO and seven Warsaw Europe. He said the Soviet leader’s dcnl Bush today hailed the “peaceful 275,(X)0 on each side. The negotia­ would keep its troops in Europe as Pact nations are negotiating in Vien­ response to the upheaval there “ab­ revolution” sweeping Communist long as leaders there desire. — Page 5 tions also are attempting to control na on cuts in conventional forces in solutely mandates new thinking” on tanks and other weapons. Eastern Europe and said the United Bush made his comments one day Europe. Van den Broek quoted Bush the part of Western leaders. States and its European allies would after wrapping up a two-day summit “The importance of this is that it as saying he hoped an accord could Asked what had emerged at the indicates both (Bush and Gor­ work together to see that “individual widi Gorbachev iliat both men said Bush and the allied leaders met as Bird heats up in Celtic win be reached about mid-1990. summit, he said “I think he took my bachev) want to make an effort to freedom everywhere replace coer­ heralded a new era in East-West Gorbachev was convening a meet­ “Let’s get it done,” the president measure and I took his and I think cion and tyranny.” reach such an agreement next year,” relations. ing of a radically reordered Warsaw said. He said he wanted the accord we both feel more comfortable Asked whether the Cold War was Bush’s meeting with NATO Pact in Moscow. Van den Brock said. NBA Roundup “in the bag” before moving on to about our common objectives.” “In that context, the term over, the president wouldn’t go as leaders were private, but Dutch The president was in good humor more complicated matters. He said Gorbachev was “deter­ far as Soviet Leader Mikhail S. Gor­ mid-1990 was mentioned. Without a Foreign Minister Hans van den as he neared the end of his summit Conventional forces aside, the su­ mined and unemotional ” in their bachev, who said on Sunday that the Broek told reporters the president doubt, that should be regarded as BOSTON (AP) — Larry Bird overcame a cold-shoot­ journey, laughing off a reporter’s perpowers are negotiating a treaty to private talks. The Soviet leader world was leaving the “epoch of the positive,” he said. ing start and scored 20 of his 29 points in the second half said tlic superpower leaders had suggestion that he was at risk during cut long-range nuclear weapons by “seemed very much in control” and Cold War.” agreed to aim for an East-West sum­ Bush was asked whether the im­ as the Boston Celtics rolled to a 102-89 victory over the bad weather when he boarded a up to 50 percent, and a separate “very confident in discussing Bush wouldn’t go along. “If I say mit in Vienna next summer to sign a provement in East-West relations injury-plagued Cleveland Cavaliers Friday night. launch for a brief trip through heavy agreement on banning chemical without notes a wide array of sub­ § ^ that,” he said, “then they’ll be as­ landmark treaty reducing conven­ could free money for domestic Bird made just three of 12 shots in the first half, which seas to return to a warship anchored weapons. jects with me.” king me, ‘Why do you need troops tional forces in Europe. offshore. ended with Boston leading 51-45. But he scored 12 in the Bush said that while “all was not The convendonal arms talks arc Please see BUSH, page 8 third quarter, hitting four of seven field-goal attempts, ^ m leading Boston to a 76-67 lead entering tlie fourth quarter. Cautious O ^ The lead ranged from four to a game high of 15 points the rest of the way. The Cavaliers, who lost for the fourtli time in five optimism Czechs reject games, were led by Randolph Keys with 22 points and m -j John Williams with 14. Boston got 18 points from Kevin 0 ^ McHalc and 16 each from Robert Parish and Reggie on summit 1 m Lewis. Boston went ahead for good on a foul-line jumper by new coalition 2 : -D McHale that made the score 20-19 with 3:07 left in the By David Briscoe O 33 first period. But Cleveland, playing without Brad The Associated Press Daugherty, Larry Nance, Mark Price and Tree Rollins, Thousands flee across 5 ? stayed within striking distance most of the game. WASHINGTON — Senate Bird scored 10 of Boston’s first 14 points in the leaders are pledging support for O m second half as the Celtics took a 65-55 lead with 5:41 left liberalized trade with the Soviet newly opened borders m ^ in the third quarter. Cleveland closed the gap to four Union in response to the Malta sum­ c/3 points, but Boston’s Kelvin Upshaw hit a desperation 3- mit, but some members urge caution point heave at the buzzer. against speeded-up arms control By Girard C. Steichen through the Bratislava-Bcrg crossing The Celtics led just 92-85 before Parish’s basket with talks. The Associated Press with his wife and 14-ycar-old o g 2:52 left began an 8-0 Boston run. A basket by McHale Senate Armed Services Commit­ daughter en route to Vienna, 42 m PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia — miles away. and consecutive jumpers by Bird boosted the lead to tee Chairman Sen. Sam Nunn, D- ^ .--v Opposition leaders urged people to The open-border policy took ef­ 5 r - 100- 85 with 1:16 remaining. Ga., called the weekend meeting a A > CO stage mass demonstrations today to fect at midnight, and by noon about Nets 101, Heat 77: In East Rutherford, NJ., Charles “successful and constructive sum­ - K ' Shackleford scored 19 points and Dennis Hopson added mit” but warned of pressure that it protest a new Cabinet that did not 3,000 Czechoslovaks had crossed ^ > 18 as the New Jersey Nets snapped a nine-game losing might exert on ongoing wcapons- meet their demands. Thousands of into Austria. Border guards said 3 3 H streak and handed Miami its sixth straight setback, reduction negotiations. Czechs and Slovaks poured across traffic may have been relatively > 101- 77 Friday night. “There’s nothing wrong with the the nation’s newly opened borders. light because today was a workday. 33 The Nets broke a 43-43 halftime tie and took the lead leaders giving a push to the arms The opposition Civic Forum also Lack of hard cash might also have for good when Chris Morris opened the third period with control negotiators, but there would threatened a general strike to protest kept travel light. a three-point play and Shackleford added a basket. be danger here if we pushed them so the government named Sunday. All Striking students, whose protests Leading 50-47, the Nets took control with an 11 -4 run hard and so fast that we get a bad but five of the new Cabinet’s 21 of police brutality at a Nov. 17 agreement, rather than one that wil. members arc Communists: 11 mem­ demonstration sparked Czechos­ Plea.se see CELTICS, page 47 stand the test of time,” Nunn said on bers, including Premier Ladislav lovakia’s peaceful revolt, greeted GBS-TV’s “Face the Nation.” Adamec, are holdovers. radio reports on the Cabinet with • President Bush and Soviet leader r Civic Fomm denounced the ap­ derisive laughter at their head­ Mikhail S. Gorbachev ended their pointments and called for new quarters. Hartford wins two-day summit on Sunday, hailing protests today on Wenceslas Square, They dropped plans to end the a new era of East-West peace. Both the center of two weeks of pro­ strike and return to classes today. leaders said they would meet again democracy demonstrations that The call for a new protest and HARTFORD (AP) — Lamont Middleton scored 22 in June in the United States with the forced the Communists to bow to Civic Forum’s general objections to points to lead Hartford to a 74-56 victory over Brown in possibility of agreements in 1990 to demands for reform. the new government were printed in the first game of the Hawk’s Unlimited Touranment cut long-range nuclear weapons and There were no demonstrations by state-run dailies. Only one Friday night. conventional forces as well as early afternoon. newspaper, the trade union daily Hartford, 1-1, led the entire game. progress toward a chemical weapons In the past nine days, the Com­ Prace, carried the threat of a general The Hawks took an 11-6 lead before running off 15 ban.