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MANCHESTER FOCUS SPORTS WEATHER Q&A: Court clerk Joan Baez embraces Red Sox over Twins Rain, then clearing; revamps her office themes of. the ’80s for 2nd win in row sunny Sunday likely ... page 21 ... page 3 ... page 11 ... page 15 iianrkatrr Mrralft Manchester, Conn. — A City of, Village Charm * ftuturHav.Saturday. Aua. Aug, 31, 1985 — Single copy: 25C Feds say heist arrests are signal to terrorists "This is a unique situation Bv Julie Brossv A pro-independence socialist commerce through threats and wielders" — a group seeking violence, Rosario said. Puerto Rico's independence. because the Cuban government is United Press International magazine. Critical Thought, also Related stories, involved, " said James Greenleaf. was raided and a separatist Each count carries a possible One of those wanted in the case, photos on page 4 $10,000 fine and 20 years in prison. Victor Gerena, the aileged gun­ special agent in charge of the SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The movement spokeswoman charged FBI's Boston office. FBI arrested 14 people in Puerto the FBI unleashed a "w ave of Noei Colon Martinez, former man in the heist, is in sanctuary in president of the Puerto Rican Bar Cuba, Rosario said. "We have identified the fact Rico, Boston and Dallas Friday in- terror against theyPuerto Rican Victor Manual Gerena is currently independence miTVement." Association, charged the FBI Gerena, 26, a former Weils the 1983 robbery of $7 million from in sanctuary in Cuba and a portion a Wells Fargo armored car in spirit,” the group's statement agents barged into homes on a Fargo guard and reputed Machete­ The spokeswoman, Rita Zengot- "fishing expedition " for evidence ros member now on the FBI's most of the money taken in the Wells Connecticut by Puerto Rican “ Ma- ita of the United Committee said. The 12 arrested in Puerto Rico — against six independence suppor­ wanted list, is accused of stealing Fargo robbery is also in in Cuba," chetero" separatists. But the al­ Against Repression, quoted those indicted by a U.S. grand jury — ters jailed on criminal contempt $7 million after overpowering two he said leged gunman in the heist was arrested as describing the FBI The FBI arrested Anne L. were brought before U.S Magis­ charges in the United States for fellow security guards unloading reported hiding in Cuba. action as a "criminal plot" and Gassin, 26, at her Cambridge, trate Justo Arenas, who heard refusing to testify before grand money from an armored truck "This prosecution is a signal to vowed to press their campaign for Mass., apartment without incident prosecutors' arguments demand­ juries. Sept. 12, 1983 in West Hartford, terrorists and their supporters that Puerto Rico's independence from and charged her with racketeer­ ing the suspects be held without Rosario said the sweep by 200 Conn. our response to their cowardly acts the United States. ing. Greenleaf said she was not a bail. Arenas recessed the hearing FBI agents began at 2 a.m. One It was the second largest heist in of violence will be decisive,” member of the Macheteros. at defense attorneys' request. person was arrested in Boston and U.S. history, surpassed only by $11 Attorney General Edwin Meese "th e FBI agents have arrested Greenleaf said Gassin was in­ Each was charged with two or one in Dallas. The rest were picked million taken from Sentry Ar­ said. us, handcuffed us, taken our volved in laundering some of the $7 clothes and put hoods over our more counts of bank robbery, up in Puerto Rico. mored Car-Courier in New York in FBI agents said a total of 17 million. people were sought in the case. heads, but this will not bend our fraud and obstruction of interstate The Macheteros — "the machete 1982. I Bartenders Elena aims ■M lin worried 10 by 21 age at Florida C Bv John F. Kirch 't't. Herald Reporter Hurricane mushrooms •i. 1 Connecticut will follow a trend set by much of the nation at mi midnight tonight when it raises its into a potential killer legal drinking age from 20 to 21, but many area bar owners and opera­ A tors say the change does not worry Bv David Tortarana National hurricane Center said. United Press International The hurricane center declared them. the storm a "m ajor hurricane-on " I don't think it's going to weaken business," said Glenn PENSACOLA, Fla. — Hurricane the order of Frederic," which hit Beaulieu, owner and operator of Elena mushroomed into a poten­ the central Gulf Coast in 1979 and the Main Pub on Main Street. tial killer in the Gulf of Mexico killed 13 people along a $2.3-billion Beaulieu and others cited a Friday and aimed its lOO-mph swath of destruction. "grandfather clause” added to the winds and 12-foot storm tides Forecasters warned Elena could drinking-age bill passed by the toward a Labor Day weekend hit the coast with 130-mph winds, U state Legislature as one of the assault on Florida's tourist-rich 12-foot storm tides and 10 inches of main reasons the higher age coast. rain. should not mean great financial More than 600,000 residents and " I f the hurricane strikes the ^^5 losses for bars. The clause allows holiday vacationers from Louisi­ Florida coast, coastal residents people who turn 20 before Sunday ana to Florida fled the storm's face almost certain death, or they to continue drinking legally. burgeoning wrath. can evacuate immediately and “ As far as business is concerned, Gov. Bob Graham, saying he protect their lives," Graham said, the grandfather clause gives us a feared “ the needless loss of "We're scared of it,” said Pat chance to grow with the change, thousands of lives,” sent 1,600 Donnelly, Escambia County civil G not get slapped by it," Beaulieu National Guard troops to direct defense director, “ We realize the evacuations of 350,000 people in 13 longer it sits out there and churns said. Although bars might not gain Florida counties in the path of the around, the bigger it's getting and any business as a result of the 300-mile-wide mass of fury. the more powerful and dangerous change in the drinking age. the The hurricane lashed the Florida it is," coast Friday night with blinding Hurricane refugees jammed clause will insure that they won't rain ' and 55-mph wind gusts, highways north and motels were lose any either, bar owners and bending street signs and flooding booked solid as far north as operators said. /' roads, and forecasters warned Montgomery, Ala. ..Jm-i Some also said they welcomed Elena could cause $1 billion "W e kept traveling until we the prospect of older customers. damage when it smashes ashore could find a motel. There were "W e're having problems with Saturday or Sunday, none,” said Debbie Goddard of teenagers trying to get in and drink," said Betty Johnson, man­ The hurricane, drawing strength Destin, Fla. from the warm Gulf of Mexico, Residents packed grocery stores ager of the Snaith Cafe in Hartford. churned slowly north toward the and stood in line for hours for "When the older people see central Gulf Coast for two days but candles, batteries, canned goods younger kids come in, they leave. took a surprising turn eastward and other supplies. “ W e've had 14 I'm trying to change the clientele Friday and threatened Florida's check-outs going just as hard as we anyway." west coast. can all day,” said Dave Berkes, a But one Manchester bar owner Hurricane warnings were ex­ supermarket manager in said an older clientele was not tended east from Pensacola to Tallahassee. necessarily good for business and Tarpon Springs just north of St. The storm began as a distur­ predicted the higher drinking age Petersburg. Friday night, the bance off the coast of Africa nine would hurt his business storm was 125 miles southwest of days ago and grew to hurricane substantially. Philip Pavone, owner of Ca­ Apalachicola, Fla., and moving strength as it swept into the Gulf of DPI photo northeast at 5 mph, Mexico early Thursday. Winds pone's on Broad Street, said that “ Residents in the newly warned grew to 100 mph as the storm Elena churns in the Gulf of Mexico, although older crowds spend more Joe Barnett, a resident of Gulf Shores, money per person, younger crowds area should evacuate immediately turned north early Friday, easing picking up strength Friday. as directed because escape routes the threat to Louisiana. Missis­ Ala., eyes breaking waves along a tend to have fewer responsibilities could be cut off by morning,” the sippi and Alabama. seawall in his hometown as Hurricane and can spend money more often. 3 Pavone said he once owned a country-western bar that went out of business because his working, GOP fails to get surplus session adult customers just didn't come in Labor Day 1985 enough. ' 'These people ha ve to get up and Monday, Sept. 2, is Labor Day, a legal Bv Mark A. Dupuis expected because of concerns among earlier expected. go to work in the morning," he holiday. United Press International House Republicans that it would be When lawmakers adjourned their regu­ said. Municipal offices: Town offices in Manches­ premature to call a session until final lar session in June, the surplus was Pavone was the only bar owner ter, Andover, Bolton and Coventry will be HARTFORD — Senate Republican figures on the surplus are known. estimated at about $35 million, but of six contacted by the Herald closed Monday. leaders failed Friday in their attempt to The surplus figures will be released next legislative budget analysts now place the Friday who said he thought his business would suffer because of State and federal offices: Closed Monday.

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