Outside todey Rato aal fog t<mlght, eadlM after mld- nl^t, f ^ by M Z ring; 1^ to Uw J0». Partly «mny Ttamday; h l ^ to tba low 40s. OuUook: fair Friday; (toanco of showers Saturday and Sunday. m Natlout weather map on page ISB. of yUBge Chotm TOlW.rWBDNmA?, D H m im U, iwr ~ v6l . xcvn, No. tt raiCEi f if t e e n c e n t s Peace talks begin in Mideast CAIRO, Egypt (UPI) - without delay,” Meguid said. Egypt and Israel today opened All chief delegates — notably the history-making direct talks to Israelis — endorsed U.N. Security Council Resolution 242 that calls for end three decades of hatred Israeli withdrawal from occupied and war but five empty seats Arab land and an indirect guarantee at the round, ieather-topped for Israel’s right to exist within conference table emphasized secure borders. the difficuities ahead. Ben Elissar told Egypt’s live national television audience, “It is a All parties stressed the need io r a real peace that we seek, peace with comprehensive — not a separate all our neighbors to the south, to the Egyptian-Israeli — settlement, in east and to the north. Our goal now is By CLAIRE CONNELLY what amounted to a reply to the to begin to translate the principles Herald Correspondent hardline Arabs who fear a separate established in Security Council State Sen. Robert Houley (D ^ th peace and who boycotted the meeting. resolution 242 into ail the necessary District) told the Coventry elements of a peace treaty.” “Egypt has launched a new era,” Deniocratic Town Committee But in listing these elements, Ben- said chief Egyptian delegate Esmat Tuesday night that he intends to sup­ Elissar referred only to “termina­ Abdel Meguid, seated directly across port Governor Ella Grasso for the tion of the state of war,” “establish­ gubernatorial nomination for 1978. from the chief Israeli envoy, Eliahu ment of diplomatic relations” and Ben-Elissar, at the table President He also said that he would be a can­ normalization of other ties. He did 4 Anwar Sadat sent in from his Cairo didate again for state senator and not mention withdrawal from lands that he would “make a good lieute­ palace. Ben-Elissar said in reply, “It is a Israel occupied in the 1967 Middle nant governor” if be were asked to East war, a key Egyptan and Arab seek that position. real peace that we seek.” demand. The five empty chairs around the “There is an excellent over-all The statement, saying Israel conference table were reserved for record of performance by Gov. Ella wanted to produce such a treaty at a Grasso,” he said. “I believe that in the Palestine Liberation Organiza­ full-scale Geneva peace conference, the final run she will be the can­ tion, the Soviet Union, Syria, bore out earlier reports from didate.” Lebanon and Jordan. diplomatic sources that the Cairo Houley charged Hattford City To emphasize their differences talks would focus on “general prin­ with Sadat Syria, Iraq and other of Councilman Nicholas Carbone wlm ciples” of such a treaty. the hardline nations wiiled the air­ “using rabble-rousing techniques” in Both the Egyptian and Israeli waves with broadcasts cailing the an effort to see that Hartford gets statements indicated diverging views meeting a "humiiiating conference more than its fair share of state but a desire to leave room for of treason” and a “conference of sur­ revenue. He added that Hartford bargaining. render.” received a 35 percent increase in Meguid called on the parties Israeii Prime Minister Menahem state funding under the Grasso ad­ meeting in the palatial, heavily ministration and characterized Car­ Begin fiew from Tel Aviv to the carpeted main dining room of the bone’s criticism as unfounded.- United States for taiks with Presi­ Mena House hotel in the shadow of He credited Grasso with increasing dent Carter, carrying new proposais the Great Pyramids to “save that couid hold the key to an agreee- state payments to local governments succeeding generations from the ment. by 35.1 percent and u rg ^ the Coven­ scourge of war,” adding: And despite the hardiine opposition try Democrats not “to defeat the “Our goal is the establishment of a Egyptian officials displayed some p ^ y 12 months before an election by comprehensive settlement whereby optimism. A high level official said, talking about shortcomings of the the legitimate rights of the Palesti­ "We see Begin’s trip as an en­ governor.” nian people are fully realized.” couraging sign. The whole trend here The state senator also prophesied The phrase “legitimate right^’ and in Israel is toward ac­ that Congressman Ronald Sarasln was Arab diplomatic shorthand fw commodation.” would be the Republican choice to demands pressed by Sadat in his visit In another diplomatic effort. run against Grasso. “That’s the way to Israel last month for the creation I ^ Secretary o f^ ta te Cyrus Vance the pros are calling it.” of a Palestinian state. arrived in Riyadh for talks with But the fact that Meguid did not Houley denied rumors that Grasso Saudi Arabian leaders, whose im­ had broken campaign commitments. i- mention the demand specifically was mense oil wealth has made them He said she pledged in 1974 to fund seen as a sign negotiations on the traditional power brokers in the human services “within the limits of issue are possible. region. But Vance's six-natidh shut­ Likewise, the Israeli delegate — in E our resources” and has done by so tle failed to soften hardline Arab con­ bolding down taxation. “People ran expressing his regret at the absence demnation of Sadat and his peace up bids and tried to keep up with of five invited parties including the conference. them while inflation gobbl^ up their Palestine Liberation Organization — “The entire world community paychecks and earnings,” be stated, did not mention the PLO by name, earnestly hopes that Egypt’s genuine but said he regretted the absense of crediting the govehior with trying to desire to establish a just and lasting contain state spending so taxpayers “an appropriate delegation of peace be reciprocated by Israel,” Palestinian Arabs.” would not be additionally burdened. Fun on Main Street said Meguid in the first of brief He claimed former Republican Elissar, too, stopped short of English-language statements by the C With all the makings of a white Christmas, two mothers and their children combine fun spelling out Israel’s past stand Gov. Iliomas Meskill handed Grasso heads of the four delegations — a 8240 million deficit. “The easiest and ice creann with Christmas shopping in Manchester. Linda Flavell of 48 Maple St. pushes against the PLO as a terrorist group Egypt, Israel, the United States and thing for the governor would have the stroiler carrying Christopher Flaveil, 2, in front and Jennifer Pavelack, 3, in back. the United Nations. “Concrete been to raise taxes, but she didn’t.” Caroi Pavelack of 302 Charter Oak St. carries her 10-month-old daughter, Angela. (Herald results should be forthcoming —See Page Eiglileen-A He praised Grasso for instituting jihoto by Dunn) better fiscal controls, for es­ tablishing a public works task force to set priorities, for creating a Freedom of Information C om ii^ sion, and for improving productivity through government reorganiza- mion. Accidents continue in storm’s wake He also claimed she provided Numerous minor accidents were workers trying to clear the state’s began operations Tuesday at 7 a.m., good condition by this afternoon, killed Tuesday in Beverly, Mass., stricter regulation of utility com­ continuing throughout Central roads, according to a state Transpor­ starting with sanding, then changing Rlngstone said. All the streets have when her car skidded off Route 128. panies, protected senior citizens Connecticut today in the aftermath of tation Department spokesman. to scraping about 2 p.m., then to been sanded once, and the major In Somerville, Mass., a Boston and through omnibus nursing home Itiesday’s surprise snowstorm with Local and state police reported fullscale plowing when the snow thoroughfares will be sanded and Maine freight train toppled across legislation, increased the tuition prospects today of freezing rain, many minor accidents related to the became heavy around 3 p.m. The scraped again, he said. the tracks at 5; 15 a.m. Cargo damage waiver in higher education, created sleet and dense fog that will continue storm and slippery conditions. Troop local plowing operations were com­ Two persons were killed in auto ac­ was extensive, but no injuries were or retained new Jobs in Connecticut, to make the roads slick. K, Colchester barracks of the State pleted by midnight, followed by san­ cidents in Connecticut Tuesday. Nan­ reported. lowered business taxes, and hiked aid Tuesday’s storm brought three to Police reported 11 accidents during a ding which is continuing today. cy Henderson, 29, of North Branford The heaviest overnight ac­ to families with dependent children. four inches of snow in the twQ-hour period this morning in the Rlngstone said the biggest problem was killed when her car ran off the cumulations in New England were in Houley, who is head of the hfonchester area. The height of the Andover, Bolton and Hebron areas. the highway crews encountered was road and hit a telephone pole in that Maine with four to five inches Legislature’s Appropriations Com­ storm during Tuesday afternoon’s State Police in Hartford said the motorists who stalled on hilly sec­ town. In Groton, Richard Dorias, 51, reported in central portions. The mittee and is senring bis fourth term rush hour left hundreds of cars Manchester area was relatively tions because they were without of Bristol died when his small pickup national low overnight temperature as a state senator, was sharply stranded on the highways.