20 - MANCHESTER HERALD. Monday, yeb. 27, 1984 Big Dan rape trial co^Uwes^ Sex ‘consensual,’ says defense Five teacher layoffs Bolton changing plans Arafat says while one man held her shoulders down, the X By Linda German today to allow the defense time to re-think United Press International its tactics. other, a "beady eyed, grubby looking The tall, slender, dark-haired woman man, ” pulled down her dungarees. planned for 1984-85 before rebidding field PLO set bomb ^ -I FALL RIVER, Mass. — Defense attor­ Friday displayed no emotion as she "He then got on me,” and raped her, she neys today will try to paint a picture of a described the alleged attack in a soft, even said. ... page 3 ... page 7 ... page 4 woman willingly having sex with four men voice. Wearing a maroon dress and _ The two men then changed places while on a pool table, an effort to discredit her low-heeled bone colored shoes, she clasped someone else held onto her legs. testimony she desperately fought off her her hands together as she answered "1 was begging for help, pleading, attackers white other patrons looked on and questions for nearly 90 minutes. screaming,” she said. ”I could hear cheered. After spending the day celebrating her laughing, cheering and yelling from near The 22-year-old woman, who'described daughter’s third birthday, the woman said the bar.” the alleged assault in a dramatic courtroom she went to the neighborhood barroom to The men she had watched play pool, then appearance, faces cross-examination to­ buy cigarettes. joined in the attack while someone else She lingered to chat with a woman over a yanked her hair. UPl photo day in the' case of six man charged in Manchester, Conn. connection with the incident at Big Dan's drihk and then got ready to go home. But, as Finally, when her attackers loosened Foggy tonight; Marijuana ship watched Tavern in New Bedford nearly a year ago. she headed towards the door, ’’somebody their grips, she fled the barroom, wearing snow Wednesday Tuesday, Feb. 28,^1984 ■'We’ll try to show it was consensual,” grabbed me from behind.” she said. only a jacket. Crewman of a Coast Guard cutter mans his machine gun said Edward F. Harrington, an attorney for Another man grabbed her legs, she fell to The cases of the six defendants, all in — See page 2 Single copy: 25<E Sunday as he watches the ship Appollo Hi while its Colombian one of the men charged with aggravated the floor, and the two men dragged her their early 20’s, are being heard in two iHanrhpatrr lirralb crew is questioned. The ship was seized Saturday near New rape in the March 6. 1983, incident. "kicking and fighting” over to a pool table. parallel trials to prevent some defendants from implicating others. Hampshire with five tons of suspected marijuana aboard . Cross-examination was delayed until "They flung me up on the table,” antj D.W. Fish is proud to announce Joyce O. Epstein as our Manchester Saleperson of the Rhody fishermen saved by suits year. Joyce’s combination of experience, dedi­ cation and personal freindly service make her Fighting goes on; POINT JUDITH, R.l. (UPl) - The Coast rings that helped keep them afloat. The Coast Guard boat from Point Judith not only a highly qualified Real Estate profes­ Guard says five fisherman who spent about An unprotected human can survive only a reported the Miss Jennifer had capsized sional, but a genuine joy to be associated 20 minutes in the icy waters ol Rhode Island short time in frigid water before the body and the men were in the water by the time with. Since completing her basic Real Estate rescuers reached the scene. training at the University of Connecticut, 2 Sound may have suffered more serious temperature drops too low to sustain lile. The men reported they were abandoning Joyce has gone on to receive the nationally injuries hud it not been for the survival suits "It would have been close,” had the men recognized GRI (Graduate Realtor’s Insti­ their vessel about 6:17 a.m., but were not summit predicted they wore. not been wearing survival suits, the tute) designation. She also holds a broker's li­ The fishermen were plucked from the spokesman said. "It would have been much able to get to their life raft, the spokesman cense. 38-degree water Sunday morning after they more serious. " said. As an active member of the Manchester By Steve Haaey Lebanese military sources said government The men were taken to South County Board of Realtors, Joyce chairs the education abandoned the sinking. 83-foot fishing boat committee. Is a member of the grievance United Press International troops today clashed with Syrian-backed Hospital suffering from mild hypothermia, He noted seas were running 3 to 5 teet and Druze militiamen in the mountains east of in winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour, a winds were gusting to 56 knots, or about 60 committee as well as being a State director. Coast Guard spokesman said. and one Coast Guardsman was hospitalized She Is also a member of the National & BEIRUT, Lebanon — Rebels clashed with Beirut and traded mortar and heavy machine The men were rescued about seven miies with a head injury that was not believed to miles per hour. r Connecticut Associations of Realtors and the government troops in downtown Beirut and the gun fire with other Moslem militiamen along south of Point Judith after being in the be serious, the spokesman said. The fishermen were identified as Donald Womens Council. mountains overlooking the city today amid the capital's Green Line war front. 8 The spokesman said a radio call came in Fox, 27, Bruce Harvey, 28. Dave Whit- In addition to helping people buy and sell stepped up diplomatic efforts aimed at ending One report, broadcast by the rightist Voice water for about 20 minutes, the spokesman marsh, 35, Andrew Lang, 23 and Peter their properties In the Manchester Area for said, adding the fact they were wearing about 6:05 a.m. from the Miss Jennifer out the past five years, Joyce has been active In the bloodshed in Lebanon. of Lebanon radio station, said several shells survival suits helped minimize their of Gallilee, reporting the boat was rapidly Ailing Jr. 22. All were believed to live in Sources close to Christian President Amin crashed into Christian residential neighbor­ Point Judith area, the Coast Guard said. local politics and was Chairwoman for the injuries. taking on water. , 1983 March of Dimes Fund Raiser. Gemayel's pro-western regime predicted an hoods early today, wounding two people. Rescue craft were dispatched from Point The injured Coast Guardsman was .'A Joyce’s Involvement has been a tremend­ .imminent summit between Gemayel and A survival suit helps retain body heat and identified as Fireman Joez Passanisi, of Two people, including a 10-year-old boy. prevent hypothermia, a rapid drop in body Judith and Block Island and a helicopter ous asset to the Manchester Community, the Syrian President Hafez Assad, a meeting that were killed and at least 30 others wounded in was also sent to the scenqAhe spokesman Lynn Mass. He currently lives in East Real Estate profession and to D.W. Fish temperature that can be fatal. ’The suits Joyce G. Epstein Realty Company. could pave the way for the resumption of similar fighting and shelling Monday. worn by the fishermen also had built in life said. ^ Greenwich. Lebanon’s factional peace talks and a durable The Christian Phalange Party's radio said cease-fire on the ground. shells landed Monday around the palace in Two newspapers, the independent An Nahar Baabda, an east Beirut suburb, and the nearby and the rightist Christian A1 Amal, today said residence of U.S. Ambassador Reginald the GemayebAssad summit would be pre­ Bartholomew. New England ceded by a visit to the Syrian capital of The Phalangist Voice of Lebanon radio said “$100 now, more later, Damascus in the next 24 hours by a Gemayel Saudi mediator Rafik Hariri was expected to In Brief it doesn’t take long to reach envoy. return to Beirut today for new talks aimed at the maximum deposit’.’ The newspapers said Gemayel already had bringing peace to Lebanon. decided to abrogate the disputed May 17 troop Hariri, who had been expected back in HlwtMKi W. Sturtevam, Jr., E-jst Hanford withdrawal agreement with Israel, but was Beirut Monday, said he was staying in the Herald photo by Tarquimo Cianci away; trial to begin delaying the move pending a face-saving way Saudi capital for talks with King Fahd and out of the crisis. PROVIDENCE, R.l. — Mayor Vincent A. Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, the Saudi ambassa­ The Station wagon driven by Manchester morning in an accident on Woodside Street, is Government sources said "oneway out is for dor to the United States. Cianci Jr., amid rumors of his imminent the outgoing Cabinet of Prime Minister Chefik resident Jacquelyn L. Booth, fatally injured about to be towed from the scene. resignation, decided to wait out the final weekend Wazzan to meet just once and abrogate the Amid reports that Gemayel would cancel the when she was thrown from the car this before the start of a criminal trial by visiting agreement during that single-agenda May 17 Lebanese-lsraeli troop withdrawal friends in London. u session.” accord, the Phalangist radio said the govern­ Cianci was not expected to return to Rhode But the diplomatic efforts had little effect on ment "will adopt whichever solution can Island until today following a weekend trip to Look who’s starting fighting in and around the capital.