Five Prisoners Landed in Trade for Hostages
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\t- ' i - . The Weather Scattered showers likely today followed by par- tial clearing by late afternoon. Highs in the low to mid 80s, lows in the mid 50s. Wednesday variable cloudiness, cooler and less humid, highs in the mid 70s to low 80s. ^ MANCHESTER, CONN., TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1975 - VOL. XCIV, No. 260 Mancheater—A City of Village Charm SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE. FIFTEEN CENTS __ _________ " . t Five Prisoners Landed In Trade for Hostages KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (UPI) - A the embassy Monday and seized U.S. Con- men in the embassy and aboard the plane Delicate negotiations remained before' Japan Air Line DC8 arrived today from sul General Robert Stebbins, 42, Swedish began immediate consultations with each the four Red Army men leave the 12-story Tokyo with five Japanese radicals freed Charge d’Affaires Fredrick other through the Embassy switchboard. American International Assurance t\V“ from Tokyo jails in hopej a band of Bergenstrahle, 48, and an estimated 48 JAL airlines meanwhile requested a 12- Building - home of the 9th floor U.S. Em- Japanese Red Army commandos would other persons. The commandos were hour layover before the crew begins any bassy — and joined the five fanatics free 50 U.S. Embassy hostages they have armed with explosives and said they would flight to the Middle East but that the brought here from Japan for a flight to an threatened to kill. blow up the building with the hostages if terrorists still insisted the plane should undisclosed haven, probably Kuwait. The Four gunmen of the ultra radical their demands were not met. depart as soon as possible, using a backup Red Army had demanded release of seven Japanese Red Army shot their way into A U.S. spokesman said the Red Army crew brought from Tokyo, of their associates but two refused to fly here. Whether that would snag the negotiations was not known. The JAL DCS landed at the closed and sealed off Subang airport 15 miles outside Anti-Communist Violence town at 7:44 p.m. (8:14 a.m.EDT) and began taxiing up to a floodlit parking apron about 100 yards from the main ter- minal. Japanese Ambassador Michiaki Suma and several of his aides stood by at the air- Spreads South in Portugal port along with Malaysian officials as the 5 plane came in. Diplomatic sources in Lisbon where a bomb exploded in the LISBON (UPI) — Anti-Communist the past five days also could be spreading Tokyo said both the United States and violence that has wracked northern Por- Forestry Ministry, killing one man and to the Aveiro and Leiria districts. Sweden had applied pressure on Japan to ^ tugal for five days spread south today to causing extensive damage. As the situation deteriorated. Premier accede to the terrorists wishes and free In the north, anti-Communist mobs Vasco Goncalves met with several left- the hostages before President Ford met began burning the homes and businesses wing ministers from his former cabinet in Japanese Premier Takeo Miki in of known leftists in Vila Nova de an apparent new attempt to form a new Washington today. The State Department Chicks Die Famalicao. Residents said the crowds government. An expected meeting of the has denied U.S. pressure. were being supported by the enlisted men military commanders of the Lisbon region Final negotiations for exchanging the among the troops sent there to pacify the did not take place. prisoners for the hostages and transpor- From Heat, town. Portugal has become embroiled in a ting the Red Army terrorists from the em- The residents said all shops in the town steadily growing political and military bassy to the airport were getting un- were closing their doors for the funeral of crisis since the country’s two biggest par- derway immediately, with technicians two anti-Communist demonstrators killed Aid Sought ties — the Socialists and Popular connecting a telephone to the DC8 for talks by an army captain Sunday night. The Democrats — went into opposition three with Japanese and Malaysian officials. town council offered the crowds the weeks ago to protest against the niilitary’s Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul HARTFORD (UPI) — Connecticut will national flag flying over city hall for the 5 seek federal aid for poultry farmers in the decision to create a Soviet-style “Peoples Raxak told a news conference earlier p.m. (11 a.m. EDT) ceremony. Democracy.” eastern part of the state who lost an es- today that the gunmen had refused to dis- The commander of the central military The violence centered in the northern timated 85,000 chickens valued at $300,000 cuss the final steps for ending the tense region issued a statement indicating that town of Vila Nova Famalicao where mobs in the weekend’s heat wave. the public unrest reported in the north for Thousands of chickens died in their -See Page Sixteen See Page Sixteen i roosts when temperatures rose above the MART G OOD THRU | | Former Sen. Edward Gurney has a smile but his daughter Jill Gurney Holt v I ’^ART ^ 100-degree mark during the heal wave, doesn’t look too happy as they enter the courthouse after the lunch break. ONE despite efforts to cool the coops with The jury trying Gurney and three others on bribery-conspiracy charges water sprayed from fire hoses. reported they had ag re^ on some charges but couldn’t decide on others, and were told to resume deliberations. (UPI Photo) Gov. Ella T. Grasso said Monday a Grasso Support Called Key preliminary survey by the state Agriculture Department shows the inland section of New London County was hardest hit by the scorching temperatures. Farmers In Windham and To Quick Development Vote Gurney Jury Deadlocked, Tolland counties also reported losses. As soon as the federal government ap- HARTFORD (UPI) — Democratic The bill has been argued over, rehashed proves the state’s request for a disaster of the powers granted communities. legislative leaders &y passage of the and rewritten in committee and debate declaration, the farmers will be able to The State and Urban Development Com- revamped City and Town Development since Mrs. Grasso vetoed the original Urged to Deliberate More apply for low-interest loans at local mittee today was scheduled to go over the Act could occur by week’s end if it is en- measure in June because of what she said Farmers’ Home Administration offices in the final version of the act, designed to dorsed by Gov. Ella T. Grasso. was inadequate protection against abuses North Franklin and Brooklyn, Mrs. Grasso spur private development in Connecticut TAMPA, Fla. (UPI) — The jury says it emphatically agree that we have reached- said. cities. is “unanimously and emphatically” 1 Democratic legislative leaders said with all verdicts that can possibly be reached, If further investigation finds damage to deadlocked on some counts in the bribery- Mrs. Grasso’s endorsement, the could regardless of further deliberations, and poultry flocks to be statewide, farmers in bill |i conspiracy trial of former U.S. Sen. we feel that In consideration of all con- go before both houses on Friday with I other areas of Connecticut might become Edward Gurney and three associates. The cern^, we should make the court aware passage apparent. eligible for similar aid, she said. - ONE C O judge says that’s not good enough. of this,” the note added. Senate Majority Leader Joseph I. Sam Kofkoff of Norwich, one of the "This is an important case,” said U.S. Lieberman of New Haven said Monday Krentzman invited the jurors into the biggest egg farmers In Connecticut with a District Judge Ben Krentzman, who sent legislative leaders were “waiting for a courtroom and asked the foreman to seal flock of more than 300,(X)0, said between the jurors back for more deliberations the verdicts in an envelope. 20,(W0 and 25,000 of his chickens died of commitment from the govenor that she’ll today. "This trial has been expensive in Krentzman recited the so-called “ Allen heat prostration. In nearby Montville, sign it.” time and effort and money, both to the Sen. Richard F, Schneller, D-Essex, who Charge," sometimes called the “shotgun John Lahaniatis, who runs the Trading defendants and to the prosecution. oversaw the bill’s line-by-line revision, charge,” urging those in the minority to Cove Poultry Farm, said a local volunteer " la m going to ask that you go back to said a major revision of the bill would give more thought to their positions. fire department sprayed down his the jury room and give further considera- protect taxpayers from unknowingly ad- The judge said the verdicts would be aluminum-roofed coops but it apparently tion to the remaining matters,” he said ding to their tax burden. kept in a vault until the jury has com- helped little. Monday. “We’ve taken the mystique and suspi- pleted its work. He said between 300-400 egg-laying The jury, which began deliberations Krentzman did not say how long he cion out of it to make crystal clear what chickens died anyway when the inside nine days ago in the five-month trial, would keep the jurors at work. But last the powers are and what they are not,” he temperature reached 115 degrees. handed Krentzman a sealed envelope Mon- said. He said it gives the municipalities week he said he would not consider two Kofkoff, who also had the roofs sprayed day containing several verdicts, but said weeks of deliberations excessive. the powers they need while at the same they were deadlocked on some of the down, said, “In the past.