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^ sinks restaurant... p a ge 3 ilanrhpBlpr Mpralft Saturday, May 20, 1989 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm Newsstand Price: 35 Cents ^ CHINA SENDS IN TROOPS TO END BEIJING PROTEST Party chief, who opposes crackdown, offers to resign ... page 2 Patrick Flynn/Manchestar Herald PUMPKIN PLANTING — Clarence Edmonson drives a tractor on his farm off Route 44 in Coventry while his daughter Laurie Celotti plants pumpkin seeds early Thursday morning. Y REGIONAL WEATHER Beijing is uhder martiai law; Feds order Accu-Weathef ** forecast tor Saturday Daytime Conditions and High Temperaturei Y hundreds of thousands marchl impact study By John Pomfret The Associated Press on road plan BEIJING — China declared Bv Nancv Concelman and Maureen Leavitt martial law in parts of the capital Manchester Herald Saturday after hundreds of thou sands of people demonstrated for The Federal Highway Administration has ruled political reform. The government that the state Department of Transportation must sent in troops, but residents complete an environmental impact statement on SHOWERS Aaanttc blocked army trucks and some the Main Street reconstruction project. , ............M Ocean soldiers turned back waving A spokeswoman from the office of Ji>ln*t>utgfi 180' victory signs. communications at DOT said Friday the federal WuMnalonl84'‘I Martial law began at 10 a.m. (9 agency issued the decision in a letter received May -\\J ---- AC4.U iiM p.m. EDT Friday) in eight 15. districts in the central city, However, an official with the DOT. who referred including Tiananmen Square, Patrick Fiynn/Manchester Herald to the statement as a project re-evaluation, said it is center of the protests. No curfew not being done as a result of a lawsuit filed against was imposed, and no date was CLOSED — The Dairy Queen at 684 owner. Douglas and Dorothy Viel, the the project by local business and property owners. Weather given for lifting martial law. current owners, said they were unable to They claim the project was illegally approved by Prem ier Li Peng said the Hartford Road closed several weeks ago federal, state and local agencies without the protesters threatened Commu after the current owners failed to make a make the payment because business environmental impact study. Manchester and vicinity: Mostly sunny and hot nist Party rule and were being payment on the business to the former was slow over the winter. Judith Cantwell, assistant director for today with a high near 90. Wind light southwest. manipulated by people who environmental planning with the DOT. said the wanted to overthrow the Mostly clear with a low around 60. Sunday, partly re-evaluation will not address environmental government. concerns but rather the socio-economic impact of cloudy, high 85 to 90. The official Xinhua News Owners blame a dip in sales the project, including those on traffic, parking Agency said Li signed the martial spaces and on businesses and residences in the area. Coastal: Mostly sunny today with a high 80 to 85. law order to put an end to ‘‘There really are very few environmental Wind south lOto 15m.p.h. Tonight, mostly clear, low “ serious turmoil ... (that) des concerns,” Cantwell said. “ There appear to be a around 60. Sunday, partly cloudy, high around 80. troyed people’s life and social for closure of Dairy Queen number of businesses and residents concerned and order.” we felt we should do some investigation in the best Northwest hills: Today, mostly sunny and hot. summer. Beijing Mayor Chen Xitong Bv Nancy Concelman high 85 to 90. Wind light south. Mostly clear tonight “ We survived all those years.” Annulli said. interest of the department. We certainly were signed six measures forbidding Manchester Herald with low 55 to 60. Sunday, partly cloudy with a 30 Last March 17, the Annullis were granted an aware of the lawsuit.” marches, strikes, class boycotts, While town and state officials have said any delay percent chance of a shower toward evening. High in attachment against the Viel’s house at 27 distribution of pamphlets, When Douglas Viel walked into the Dairy Englewood Drive, court records show. in the project could kill it, Town Manager Robert B. the mid 80s. Qaeen at 684 Hartford Road a couple of weeks ago spreading rumors, attacks on Glastonbury attorney George M. Purtill, who Weiss said Friday he was not sure how long the new to open it for the day’s business, the telephone leaders and media outlets and represents the Viels, said Friday the attachment study of the project would take or what effect, if any, and other necessary equipment was gone, he “ any other destructive actions.” was granted before the Annullis had the it will have on the construction schedule. Chen said soldiers were autho said. .. restaurant equipment repossessed “ We’re exploring the implications as to the time Lottery Viel. who bought the business last year, said rized to take any measures Annulli said Thursday the company that we’ve become involved in the project and how it necessary to maintain order. The Thursday he later found out that former owner repossessed the equipment, American Lending would impact on the project,” Weiss said. Fred Annulli had the equipment repossessed declaration of martial law was Co., went to the restaurant early in the morning Weiss said the project is supposed to go out for bid Connecticut daily Friday: 359. Play Four: 5310. broadcast on state television and because Viel owed him $30,000 for the business. to avoid a confrontation. this fall. It is scheduled to begin in the spring of 1990. Connecticut Lotto Friday: 1, 2, 9, 20, 21, 33. A man who was cleaning the restaurant that radio. “ Do they knock on your door when they take The last impact study was completed in 1985, The U.S. television networks night told Viel that some men came with a truck your car?” Annulli said. “ It’s not a question of according to Cantwell. She said the re-evaluation is CBS and Cable News Network to remove the equipment at around 2 a.no. and anybody sneaking in.” required by the Federal Highway Administration in said Chinese officials threatened The Associated Press took the phone so the man couldn’t call Viel. he The Annullis’ lawsuit also says the Viels failed order for the state DOT to move ahead on the to cut off their transmissions, and Index said. to pay $3,000 rent for this March on the building, project. CNN showed officials entering “ They just came in and said. ‘Step aside and Demonstrators rally for democratic reforms outside which Annulli owns In a related matter, an assistant U.S. attorney the bureau and telling them to Shanghai’s city hall Friday, with a model of the Statue of don’t interfere.’ ” Viel said Thursday. “ We didn’t Purtill said the Annullis have also filed a suit in asked a U.S. District Court judge this week to Business _ ___ 33 Obituaries. stop transmitting. Liberty in front of the government offices. know about it until 9 o’clock the next morning.” state Housing Court regarding an eviction action, dismiss a lawsuit filed by downtown Manchester It was the first time martial law Now Anntilli and his wife. Dorothy, are suing Classified _ . 34-40 Opinion__ but he refused to comment further on the case. business and property owners that claims the C om ics___ . 23-25 Religion. was declared in Beijing since the Viels for $130,000 plus interest and attorneys’ Federal Highway Administration acted illegally Hangzhou. Manchester attorney Barry W. Botticello. who Local/State. ___ 3-8 Senior Citizens. Communist China was founded in in charge of restoring order. fees, according to a complaint filed March 21 in when it approved the Main Street reconstruction The official Xinhua News Thousands of Beijing residents represents the Annullis. also refused to comment Focus_____ . 21-36 Sports_______ 1949. Beijing becomes the second Tolland Superior Court. project. - Weddings____ Agency, when asked if Beijing flocked to Tiananmen by truck, on the case Thursday. Nation/World. 9-11 city under martial law. Lhasa, Under terms of a promissory note signed In a response to the complaint against the was under martial law, refused to motorcycle and on foot to protect Meanwhile. Viel said Thursday he is looking capital of Tibet, has been under March 14. 1988, Douglas Viel and his wife. highway administration and U.S. Department of answer. the students. for a new job. Viel said he and his wife spent martial law since March after Shirley, agreed to pay Fred and Dorothy Annulli Transportation by ADAPT, a Downtown Zhao was not visible in the About 100,000 people were in the $40,000 to $100,000 on the business and often anti-Chinese riots. $130,000 for the business over six years at an Association To Preserve the Thoroughfare. audience as Li and Yang an square and an equal number worked 12- to 15-hour days there. Sources said Communist Party interest rate of 8 percent. The note says the Viels Assistant U.S. Attorney Ruth McQuade said the iJJanrhpHtFr Hrralh nounced the troop deployment in filled nearby streets. Women “ Everything we had in the world was in that chief Zhao Ziyang, who opposed a must pay $21.666 plus interest on March 14 of each plaintiffs do not have a case against the federal a nationally televised address. cried, men yelled and loudspeak business,” Viel said. crackdown, offered to resign, but yp^r. defendants, who acted legally. VOL. CVIII, No. 197 Also not shown was senior leader ers blared. Police sirens wailed Although he had owned a shoe store for 13 USPS 327-500 the party had not acted on his Viel said he had a slow winter and was unable McQuade’s answer to ADAPT’s claims was filed Deng Xiaoping, 84, believed to be throughout the city, and one years, Viel said he and his wife had no experience offer.