MANCHESTER FOCUS ^ , 1 , SPORTS GOP ‘walking’ CWUD Signs of times Liut backstops o u toward election in rear windows Whaler victory ... p a g e 3 ... page 14 . -m m ... page 15 Hrralft mxdmtnManchester — A City ol Village Charm Thursday, Jan. 15,1987 30 Cents Official J German police issues nab suspect in help plea A By George Loyng Herald Reporter TW A hijacking A member of the Manchester Zoning Board of Appeals Wednes­ FRANKFURT, West Germany U.S. Navy diver and held 39 other day called on the town to hire more (AP) — Police have arrested a Americans for 17 days before personnel to help Zoning Enforce­ suspect in the 1985 hijacking of a releasing them. ment Officer Thomas R. O ’Marra, TW A jetliner to Beirut, the Frank­ The man arrested Tuesday had who contends that he is swamped N furt prosecutor’s office said today. flown to Frankfurt from Beirut on b y ne w development in The Lebanese man was carrying Middle East Airlines, Schroers Manchester. what authorities suspected were said. “The man is completely over­ explosives. The suspect, who was carrying a worked.” ZBA member Harry The man was arrested at Frank­ forged passport, was identified by Reinhom said at a meeting of the furt airport Tuesday after customs fingerprints as one of the hijackers Republican Town Committee. He police discovered he was carrying of the TWA plane, security sources said the town should put money in “material that could be explo­ said. The sources, who spoke on next year’s budget for one or two sives,” Jochen Schroers, a spokes­ assistants. condition of anonymity, said he is man for Frankfurt prosecutor believed to belong to a Shiite O’Marra this morning refused to Hans-Eberhard Klein, told The Moslem group. say if he felt assistants should be Associated Press. Zimmermann said authorities hired. He said that was a matter for Town Manager Robert Weiss to Authorities believe the man was had found “material” on the man preparing a bomb attack, but it is that could help in further investiga­ consider as he puts together his unclear whether the attack was to tions. He refused to elaborate. budget proposal for the fiscal year have been in West (Sermany, Experts at the Federal Crime that will begin July 1. Schroers said. Office in Wiesbaden are investigat­ However, O’Marra did say the Police declined to give the ing the suspected explosives that workload has dramatically in­ suspect’s name. He is in investiga­ were found in his luggage, Schroers creased over the last few years, and tive custody and has not been said. said hiring additional help is formally charged. The man’s arrest was first "something that should seriously Interior Minister Friedrich Zim- reported in the Rheinpfaiz daily be considered.” The zoning enforcement officer is merniann told journalists in Bonn newspaper of Ludwigshafen. responsible for reviewing all build­ today the suspect was "a big fish.” There have been no previous arrests in the 1985 TWA hijacking, ing plans and zone-change applica­ The Frankfurt arrest came one day after Italian authorities although the Lebanese prosecutor tions to see if they comply with town stopped a Lebanese man carrying for the Beirut district indicted five regulations. He also issues certifi­ cates of occupancy, responds to more than 20 pounds of plastic Shiite Moslems. explosives and detonators through The hijackers, Shiite militants, complaints, is the town’s inland- the Milan airport. Neither West freed the hostages after Syrian wetlands agent, and makes su re . that Industrial park guidelines are German nor Italian authorities mediation. When' they freed the followed. have given any indication of a link hostages, two of the hijackers, between the two cases. hooded and carrying handguns, O’Maira said his duties in ail Bashir al-Khodr, 26, was arrested read a lengthy statement to repor­ areas, except for inspections in the Monday night when Italian customs ters at the Beirut airport terminal. Buckland Industrial Park, have found the explosives and detonators Then they walked away and were increased as new building has hidden in chocolate Easter eggs not seen again. occurred in Manchester. He ex­ and in picture frames. The Lebanese indictment was plained that new construction often 5 The TWA airliner was hijacked issued in Christian east Beirut and touches on a variety of areas under his Jurisdiction. June 14, 1985, on a flight from was largely symbolic, as it was Athens to Rome. It was taken to unenforceable in Moslem west “We’re beginning to do things near wetlands that we’ve never did Beirut, where the hijackers killed a Beirut. before. One thing leads to the other,” he said. O ’Marra said that because of his large workload, there have been Hinckley got pass delays following up on matters and responding to complaints. AP photo Weiss said this morning he is aware there is a problem with the despite objections Dealers at the Tokyo Foreign Exchange mainly to intervention by the Bank of workload in the zoning office. Japan. The dollar’s decline has height­ “There’s no question there’s a Market talk on the phones during crunch in a lot of the departments in W ASHING TO N (AP) — A mental Reagan was vacationing at his Wednesday morning’s trading session ened tension with major trading town,” he said. California ranch when Hinckley, hospital gave would-be presidential as the dollar stands at 155.85 yen. The partners of the U.S. Weiss said he will probably assassin John W. Hinckley Jr. a accompanied by a hospital escort, consider hiring more help in the dollar rebounded in the trading due 12-hour pass for a holiday meeting met his parents. Jack and Jo Ann zoning office when he puts together Hinckley, at a center in Reston, with his parents last month, despite his budget proposal. However, he Va., run by Prison Fellowship said he has not yet received the objections by the Secret Service. The Secret Service, notified' Ministries. department’s recommendations. about a week before the Dec. 28 DiGenova, in a statement Wed­ Dollar's skid fuels tensions Other departments feeling the nesday, said Hinckley was released effect of an increase in develop­ pass was issued, consulted U.S. under a federal statute that places ment are the building department Attorney. Joseph E. diGenova but the decision in the hands of the and town clerk’s office. Weiss said. found it could not block the decision by the St. Elizabeths Hospital in hospital administrator and does not As building levels off, the workload with major trading partners Washington, Secret Service spokes­ require court permission. and need for more staff may " If there had been a request for stabilize, but the zoning enforce­ man Richard Adams said Wednesday. the court's permission, we would ment office will probably still have the dollar has sunk further against “This was a decision made by the have oppos^ release because we By Peter Coy a lot to do, he said. the West German mark than it was hospital. It was a medical decision do not believe that anyone who tries The Associated Press Dollar Plunge " It ’s not only the enforcement of expected to fall in all of 1987 in a they made over our objections,” to nullify a national election with a new things, but the things built recent poll of 48 international Adams said. "OurevaluationofMr. bullet deserves the privilege of N EW Y O R K — The dollar’s latest Exchange rates years ago.” he said. He said the skid on currency markets should economists by Blue Chip Economic Hinckley hasn't changed. We still moving freely in a civilized so­ zoning officer acts as "kind of a help shrink the mammoth U.S. against the dollar Worldscan of St. Louis. feel him to be a threat to our ciety,” diGenova said. policeman” for development trade deficit, but it also could Against the Japanese yen. the protectees.” Adams said the Secret Service Feb. 26,1985 matters. monitored Hinckley during his re-ignite inflation and even trigger dollar is nearing the Blue Chip Hinckley, 31, has been confined in forecast for its value at the end of the federal institution since being release. a recession if it gets out of control, Jan. 13.1987 some economists say. 1987. found innocent by reason of insan­ "We were aware of his release 9 The dollar dropped sharply again The dollar began its most recent ity in the March 30,1981, shooting of Lawm akers Wednesday as the White House said slide late last month after the President Reagan. Please lam to page 10 it expected the dollar to fall further. government reported a record Economists said that while the monthly trade deficit of more than $19 billion for N< -ember, the back state dollar’s drop aids the Reagan economy showed sigi j of weakness administration in its contest with TODAY’S HERALD Congress and major U.S. trading and oil prices rose. partners, it carries dangers as well. On the positive side, a further fall death law Chance of flurries Departures forecast "This is a high-risk strategy. I in the dollar eventually should call it an international game of shrink the trade deficit, which 8 By the Manchester Herald Gov. William A. O'Neill said topped $170 billion last year, and Partly cloudy tonight with a chicken,” said Robert Brusca, and The Associated Press chance of flurries; low 25 to 30. perhaps 10 of his commissioners chief economist of Nikko Securities that could help the Reagan admin­ and other appointees will soon be Partly sunny and colder Friday.