Police Use Gunfire to Halt Refugee Riot FORT CHAFFEE, Ark
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Drug arrest sparks brief ruckus at Sandy Hook By JOEL SIEGEL Baisley arrested Elizabeth Ann Pune, 18, of from Sea Bright, Middletown, Highlands and "When the cops came they told everybody could not be determined, but the charges are of Red Bank, for allegedly possessing marijuana. AUIantic Highlands, arrived at the scene and to leave the beach," Brown said. "They said a disorderly persons nature, officials said. The SANDY HOOK - A dnif arras* tatTy-ter- "She had been seen on the beach last week, moved to clear the beach, according to you have five minutes to leave." identities of the youths is being witheld be- day afternoon sparked • bottle and can throw- possibly doing the same thing, and had been Morgan. "One cop said, "We can do it the easy way cause of their ages, police said. ing spree by beach goen at part ranftn, or we can do it the hard way. He had his billy Pieklik, Pune and the two youths were all warned," Kenneth O. Morgan, park super- Park officiate and visitors at the scene forcing the temporary closing of a portion of intendent, said dub held up," Brown said.* brought to Middletown police headquarters for the ocean beachfront at the Gateway National estimated that anywhere between "a couple criminal processing, officials said. When the rangers arrested Pune, others on Morgan described the crowd as "a little Recreation Area, federal officials laid. hundred" to one thousand people were on the noisy," but he said everyone soon moved from "The two juveniles were arraigned in Mid- No injuries were reported, but by the time the parking lot A' beach, which is located Parking Lot 'A' beach, and on the lot Itself, immediately to the east of the main entrance, the beach. dletown at the request of the U.S. Attorney's area police called to the scene had restored when police arrived. The Tinton Falls man, Paul Pieklik, I*, was office," a park spokesman said. "We are a order, a Tinton Falls man and two Keansburg "began to get nasty and started throwing bottles," Morgan said. "All of the rocks were covered—people charged with assaulting an officer, failing to national park, and so they could be prosecuted youths had been arrested on a variety of dis- were standing from one end to the other," John dispurse, and resisting arrest, according to in a federal court, but the U.S.Attorney's offce orderly persons charges. "George got hit with one," and at that Brown, of Bel ford, said as he pointed to the Morgan. is pretty busy and unless it is a major crime, The incident began just before 4 p.m. when time, we called for an assist," he added. stone wall which seperates the beach area The exact charges against the two they prefer prosecution through the local park rangers Russel Marsh and George More than 20 policemen, including officers from the lot. Keansburg youths, who are IS and 17-years old, courts," the spokesman said *'*c?*1*' The Daily >1 oiiiiioii111 County's Great Home Newspaper VOL. 102 NO. 285 SHREWSBURY, N.J. MONDAY, JUNE 2,1980 20 CENTS Police use gunfire to halt refugee riot FORT CHAFFEE, Ark. (AP) - Hundreds of and ran toward Barling, a community less than a rocks at officers crouched behind police cars. angry Cuban refugees, pelting police with rocks, mile away. The police opened fire, and the refugees re- stormed the front gate at Fort Chaff ee, and state Confronted by troopers with nightsticks, the treated over the camp's wall. Inside, federal troopers opened fire with shotguns and pistols to Cubans retreated to a rise and began throwing drive them back onto the base. See Police, page 4 More than a doien people were injured, hun- dreds of civilians evacuated and several buildings set afire before police and soldiers quelled the rioters with tear gas and clubs. Order was restored at 8:30 p.m. CDT. Three Cubans were shot, and some 15 state troopers received minor injuries in the riot yes- terday. It was the sixth day of tension at the Army Reserve base, now serving as a relocation center for more than 18,000 Cubans. And It was the second violent confrontation of the day. One refugee was in critical condition at Saint Edward Medical Center in nearby Fort Smith and two others were in serious, but stable condition, all with gunshot wounds. Another refugee was In SHIRTSLEEVES CAMPAIGNING — Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. critical condition with stab wounds. Edward M. Kennedy gestures yesterday during a speech to supporters In Gov. Bill Clinton, who planned to call In 200 to Hasbrouch Heights. ' * 800 more National Guardsmen, speculated that the trouble resulted from agents of Cuban Presi- dent Fidel Castro. Clinton said be believed there were agitators A New Jersey win among the refugees, some of whom could be Castro agents. "They want Fidel Castro to be able to laugh at us," be said. "We don't want to give them that crucial to Kennedy satisfaction." President Carter sent Eugene Eidenberg and Tom Casey of the Federal Emergency Man- TRENTON (AP) - Sen. Edward Ken- nomination, compared to Kennedy's 845 agement Administration to Fort Chaffee last nedy, desperately trying to win the New But, Kennedy reasons, if he can make a night. During the day, his assistant Jack Watson Jersey Democratic primary and seven oth- big splash in New Jersey, California and conferred with Clinton DON'T HIT THEM — An Army major steps between a state police officer and a fleeing ers tomorrow, is keeping a grueling cam- Ohio, he can to the convention arguing that . About 6 p.m., as some 1,000 refugees marched Cuban refugee in attempt to stop the Cubans and shouts: "Don't hit them. Don't hit paign-schedule, hopscotching the nation in Carter can't win big industrial states in toward the main gate of the camp, 200 to 300 them."Approximately 300 Cuban fleed the refugee center at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas his search for convention delegates. November. Kennedy can point to his pre- vaulted a four-foot high stone fence near the gate yesterday. Kennedy's schedule yesterday, for in- vious victories in Massachusetts, Connect- stance, had him flying in for an afternoon icut, New York and Pennsylvania. 9 appearance in Hasbrouck Heights, flying "I>n convinced that June 3 can be _^_ 'Crimes of America conference back immediately to Ohio, only to return decisive, and I'm also convinced that a to the New York-New Jersey area last powerful and strong snowing on June I by a night in preparation for early-morning tel- candidate can't be denied at the Demo- evision appearances and campaigning to- cratic National Convention," Kennedy has day. said. "We have to carry New Jersey," Ken- Iran wants U.S. condemned nedy has said. Because of the overwhelming im- portance of these primaries, and the dis- President Carter, meanwhile, was By The Associated Press lowing the aborted U.S. mission to rescue the R. Clviletti issued a statement saying be had sending wife Rosalynn to New Jersey to- tance between the states, Kennedy has hostages April 23. been traveling non-stop since he spent the Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr received reports that some Americans were plan- day, and Republican Ronald Reagan was opened a "Crimes of America" conference today Delegates include representatives of the rul- ning trips to Iran. coasting thanks to some advance planning Memorial Day weekend at his borne in ing political parties of Syria, Algeria and Libya, Hyannis Port, Mass. with a tirade against America, and former At- "I want to remind the American public that in the state. ' torney General Ramsey Clark, one of the partici- and several Third World guerrilla movements, the rules restricting travel to Iran are still in Reagan appeared in New Jersey three Last Tuesday, he flew directly from pants, condemned the aborted U.S. mission to Tehran sources said. effect. Persons who violate these rules are sub- weeks in a row last fall, helping the state Massachusetts to Mercer County Airport rescue the hostages as "lawless and contrary to In Philadelphia, the American Friends Service ject to penalties of up to 10 years in prison and GOP raise money for the Assembly elec- to meet New Jersey supporters and re- constitutional government." Committee said the group of 10 Americans left for fines of up to $50,000 under the international tions and lining his own warchest. porters. Then it was on to West Virgnia "It is inconceivable that constitutional gov- Tehran Saturday despite a warning the day before emergency economic powers act," Civiletti said. and Ohio. His early planning paid off by snaring ernment could ever delegate to a single person • from the Justice Department that the trip vio- A State Department spokesman said the group the endorsements of the state's top Re- On Wednesday, he was back In New president or prime minister - the power to risk lated a travel ban to that country signed .by Jersey, touring a senior citizens complex would not have received approval for the trip publicans. George Bush, who has quit but killing many people half a world away In a foreign President Carter April 17. The order, which ex- because "we believe that U.S. government au- who remains on the ballot, did little work in Paterson, holding private interviews country," Clark said of President Carter's at- empts reporters, bans travel to Iran without with reporters in Newark, and speaking In thorization for travel to Iran could be mis- in New Jersey, hoping be would win big in tempt to rescue the S3 American hostages April special permission from the U.S.