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mmission did not 1 the rules were !t was to give state ans informal veio casing of nucledr aiirlipstpr- ) Manchester - A City of Village Charm HpralJi^ ^ Saturday, Feb. 7,1987 NO WAY ID HELP HOSTAGE WASHINGTON— (AP)!°!-.™ _ Despite the ''!“'^."'’''°™ ^ Americans in Lebanon bullduDofiT 1s while a three-shin _i»« recent buildup of U.S. naval forces in the M an "Amnhi'Ki® “ ‘^'■«®-«hlp Mediterra nean Amphibious Ready Group carrv- dtirens who remained in Lebanon almost Pentagon officials said. and naval attacks. flve-s^ Marines had linked up with a I® aW the eight five-ship force carrying a similar The U.S. military record in the region f^"®!*®” 1“ Lebanon does not ^?*** hostage in Lebanon, has been mixed in recent years. irfllf. iSli® “ me kind of Intervention Soyornment officials say. **®''*"®® ®®“ll* ®l the island of In 1980, an American mission to practic^ by President Eisenhower ‘ hn ** "®‘ ® ®“" ‘I® I® help the During the buildup of the last two rescue U.S. hostages in Tehran failed, L?han •'“'y 19“ landed Marines to help P®"*®*®" source a<> Ubanese President Camille Chamoun knowledged privately. and three years later, 241 U.S. servlce- offWai."^“® H®“"® men d i^ when their barracks were prevail in a civil war. '-"-•"oun U.S. naval activity off Lebanon bombed in Beirut. By 1983. when President Reagan sent MSan? P>^‘lay. although two Marine strike but wanted to be prepared for ^ssible retaliation if the kidnappers The Reagan administration had bet- l“‘ernaUonal peace- asMult groups remained in the area. ter luck in 19M, using Navy warplanes to One of two aircraft carrier task forces began executing hostages al? b»f iJT;® l^banon, civil war had suspended its patrol of the waters off The fleet might also be used to STh “t"®*' ®®"ylng the hijackers evacuate several hundred American c“ l ‘® ^ “ ro ®™lse ship. And last n.viS"*"' »' year, U.S. forces outgunned Libya in air llini to page t An^,,,,..,,e<,„„..e=,rr,„usSN ..H z..ur„.w M .,.«y,„,„.er,M e^ AP photo Whalers beat up on Capitals fc MAGAZINE PULLOUT SECTION goals spark 5-2 victory... page 56 SNAFU by In iet iMHto There’s not much U.S. can do Seasons union to help 8 hostages in Lebanon may,call for Continned from page 1 a strike vote Overriding the objections of the American Fleet Near Lebanon Marine commander on the ground. Col. Timothy Geraghty, the White House ordered a naval bombard Owner says 1 JOS’S ment of anti-govemment forces in September 1883, according to Pen demands ‘off the wall’ tagon sources. SYRIA The naval bombardment, which claimed some civilian casualties, Bv John F. Kirch raised anti-American sentiment in OUiw w«>4hip4: Herald Reporter 2 erUtsrs, 2 dktireytrk, Lebanon. And that hostility was 8 Irigatkt, fsupport 4hl^ reponsible, in part, for the subse LEBANON The union representing workers at New Seasons Inc. quent bombing of the Marine will schedule a strike vote if substantial progress is not barracks and the wave of made with management at the contract bargaining kidnappings. I Afflphibiouk table within 30 days, a union official said Friday night. I Rikdy Croup: Damascus The exact location of the hostages The New England Health C^re Employees Union, ■j in Lebanon is not known, according 1,900 M«r1n44,3 support 4hlpt District 1199, which represents about 30 employees at to administration officials, and New Seasons, sent the 30-day notice to management Connecticiit Weather even a conunando raid against a = Kennedy battle group On port call: Friday, said Jonathan Rosenblum, a union organizer. specific site might cause the If both sides cannot move closer to an agreement kidnappers to kill their captives U.SB. Carrier U.S.S. Kennedy Support ship U.S.S. Nliro within that time, workers will vote whether to strike, he Central, Eastern Interior, Sonthwestem Interior: before they could be freed. Kennedy ' -V, Saturday, a chance of mordng flurries, then partly said. The union has 100 percent support from A naval bombardment or air Other warships: sunny in the afternoon, high around 40, west wind strike against Lebanon, similar to JORDAN employees, he added. ^ around 10 mph. Saturday night, clear, low in the 20s. 2 enJisera, 3 destroyers, Management and union officials met We,^esday at (, Herald photo by Yurliovaky those of late 1983, likely would hit 4 trigales, 2 support shipa Sunday, increasing cloudiness, a chance of flurries by civilian targets and serve little the bargaining table for the first time sinc^ workers late in the day, high 35 to 40. purpose other than to deepen local EGYPT 0 Miles too voted for union representation last month. Murder car West coasM, East coastal: Saturday, beconning hostility toward Washington, Pen mostly sunny, high around 40, west wind 10 to IS mph. tagon officials said. A 1986 Toyota Celica two murder examined for evidence in connection Saturday night, clear, low 25 to 30. Sunday, increasing The U.S. buildup has caused peans nations had tried to talk the interests are threatened and to DURING THE SESSION, Rosenblum said, manage suspects are believed to have used sits cloudiness, a chance of flurries by late in the day, high with the death of Lauren Q. Anderson, some concern in the Middle East United States out of its air raid show support for our friends in the ment laughed at District 1199’s contract proposal and in the Manchester Police Department’s around 40. and in Western Europe. against Libya last year, and area,” Sims said. refused tp negotiate again until March. who was shot in her Congress Street Northwest hills: Saturday, a chance of morning Belgian Foreign Ifinister Leo described that attack as “ a source The possibility of U.S. military “ Our union negotiates with bosses all the time who garage Friday afternoon. The car, apartment Jan. 27. flurries, then partly sunny in the afternoon, high 35 to Tindemans said he raised the issue of frustration.” action in the area appeared to are hard to deal with,” Rosenblum said. “ But they are recovered out of state Thursday, was 40, west wind 10 to IS mph. Saturday night, clear, low 20 in a meeting Friday with Secretary Pentagon spokesman Robert recede as the carrier Kennedy acting in a totally unprofessional and undignified to 25. Sunday, increasing cloudiness, a chance of of State George P. Shults, but did Sims said the current buildup was began a port call in Haifa, Israel, way.” flurries late in the day, high around 35. not ask directly about U.S. military meant to show U.S. concern “ about and four of its escorting warships Belle Fine. New Seasons’ president, called District plans. rising tension in the Persian Gulf prepared to sail for the United I199’s contract proposal “ off the wall.” She said the ‘Rambo’ center doesn’t make “ I thought that for me it (would and Middle East” as fighting States from Spain. union made impossible demands. be) rather undiplomatic to ask that continued in the Iran-Iraq war and The Kennedy was left with an ‘"rhelr request was off the wall,” Fine said. “ We question of Mr. Shultz because he’s Americans remained hostage in escort of five warships,' and the Lottery Winners don’t have money to pay what they’re asking for.” not responsible for military ac Lebanon. other carrier in the area, the New Seasons, which operates two group homes in Manchester clergymen happy tion,” said Tindemans. “ We want to make sure that we Nimltz, was accompanied by 11 Connecticut daily Friday: 588. Play Four: 3888. He noted that some West Euro- are prepared if our strategic ships. Manchester for mentally retarded people and a Connecticut “ Lotto” Friday: 4, 5, 12, 25, 32, 38. day-care center on Garden Grove Road, is a private, Bv John F. Kirch Milton said he couldn’t speak for with Loren Andreo, the owner of nonprofit organization that is funded entirely through Herald Reporter the church, but was personally Andy’s grocery store, and has not the state, which sets employees’ wages. against the plans, mainly because discussed his plans with the land Hostages face new death threats Fine said that although Gov. William A. O’Neill has Manchester church leaders said of the potential problems they lord, Totonis has said. Andreo increased the amount private group homes will receive Friday that an entertainment cen might cause for residents of the subleases the space from the Index BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — A An-Nahar. group announced last Oct. 21 that it for wages, there is still a limit. ter being proposed on North Main Mayfair Gardens apartment com Springfield Sugar Co. of East pro-Iranian extremist group threa That group claims it holds Joseph held ’Tracy. Street is anU-(%ristian and will plex across the street. The complex Hartford. The lease expires in 1991. ArfvicA on 1 nml niMAm a-A tened Friday to kill two American James Cicippio, 56, formerly of promote violence among youths. is for low-income elderly and Springfield Sugar Co. officials hostages if U.S. forces attacked Norristown, Pa., who was acting The latest statement noteA that Annk* AA ObltuarlMk A DISTRICT 1199 represents two separate bargaining LaserLand, which is being pro handicapped people. could not be reached for comment. Lebanon and to kill a Frenchman if the Iraqi state minister for military BiJfllniMiM 1A-11 Opinion 10-1A comptroller at the American Uni units at New Seasons, one for supervisory positions and posed by South Windsor attorney Michael Thornton of the Center Meanwhile, town officials said France supplies arms to Iraq. affairs, Gen. Abdul Jabbar Sban- r ^ h iir r h d M 1IU17 10 versity of Beirut; Edward Austin the other for nurse’s aides and habilitation speciliasts.