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Lowell Weicker is an interviewer's policy luncheons are held on well be involved." politician. Open, candid, earthy, he is Tuesdays. I go play tennis instead. I Weicker, a athletic 6-feet-6, a refreshing change from most figure the exercise is more useful,") mainstay on the GOP congressional members of Congress who weigh Is it an image aimed at 1980 when the baseball team, and self-styled every word for its political effect weakned GOP might be looking "leading tennis fanatic," in the News before spitting it out. It is easy to dis around for a fresh, charismatic can Senate, was surprisingly quiet on the agree with him but difficult to dislike didate to face Jimmy Carter? Bert Lance affair, in sharp contrast him. "There's nothing in the position of to his highly vocal stance during tidbits The 46-year-old former mayor of President that I envy," said Weicker Watergate. Greenwich, who won more votes in on a recent meeting in his Capitol "My work on Watergate involved Unlt9d Pn»$ 1976 than any senator in the history of Hill office. "1 think that to be a very precise investigation, " InfmaUonal his state? was one of the few young, second-term senator is really explained the Senator. "At that time Republicans prominent in the a better position. But there is the real 1 called for the resignation of (H R.) NEW HAVEpI - A strike by Watergate tragedy, to emerge with frustration of seeing my party run Haldeman and others — not that of services workers at Yale Univer his reputation enhanced — at least in and run and lose and lose. Richard Nixon. But this time I didn't sity forces a shutdown of dining non-Republican rircles. He was the GOP needs a challenge have the facts in hand and I'm not of balls at the school’s 12 residential toughest of the GOP inquisitors on "The leadership of the Republican a mind to shoot ray mouth off without colleges. the Senate Watergate Committee and Party — which I consider too conser the facts. " grilled then-President Nixon's aides vative— needs a good solid challenge Carter hurt by Lance BURLINGTON, Vt. - The too ardently to suit the tastes of from its moderate elements. And I How badly was Carter hurt by Medical Center Hospital Friday many rank-and-file Republicans. hope that in 1980 there will be a limited visitation rights due to an See Page Two-A outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease All of which adds up to an image moderate choice for rank-and-file at the hospital. Seven cases of the malady have been confirmed and three peq>le have died. WASHINGTON - Two Justice Action starts challenging Department officials investigating Sen. Lowell Weicker, R-Conn., at his desk in his Washington the Korean influence-buying scan office. dal will visit Seoul "in the next couple of weeks’’ to seek contacts sale of land to Penney with indicted lobbyist Tongsun Park, it was announce Friday. By GREG PEARSON Deborah Fogarty, who are all dustrial park, this one an en Herald Reporter Manchester residents. vironmental case, began Thursday in Longshoremen told KALAPANA, Hawaii — A 25- A Hartford attorney has filed “I suspect it will take several Hartford Superior Court. foot-hlgh pool of steaming lava papers with a Hartford County months before my case is heard,’’ Cantin had asked that his case be from erupting Kilauea Volcano sheriff, who will begin serving defen Cantin said. He said that he will file combined with the environmental to go on strike slowly grew into a molten lake dants in a second legal action in disclosure motions to seek informa one, but this motion was denied since above the Hawaiian village of volving the Town of Manchester’s tion about property appraisals. the other case has started. Kalapana Friday. It was expected propo^ industrial park. Another case involving the in NEW YORK (UPI) - Inter representatives of shipping com to overflow and surge to w ^ 18 Tlie, suit, belQg brought’ by national Longshoreman’s Associa panies. 1 1 1 bonaes and two churches directly .^ “ Concerned Taxpayers of tion President Thomas Gleason The talks fell apart over the un > in its path. Retfdents of the area " Manchester’’ and three other plains ordered his membership Friday to ion's demand for a job security were evacuated. T^i^brists hold 142 tiffs, challenges the sate of p n ^ rty begin a Maine-to-Texas strike clause in the face of dwindling by the town to the J.C . Penney Co. DACCA, Bangladesh (UPI> - was racing oeet the demands — against container ships at 12:01 a.m. employment caused by container WASHINGTON - President Penney plans to locate a two- Japanese Red Army terrorists holding for $6 million "In tJ.S . currency and Saturday. ships. Carter Friday received a message millitm-square-fobt catalog distribu 142 hostages aboard a hijacked plane the release of nine jailed Red Army “The strike is effective as of mid from North Korea proposing a tion c e n t^ in Manchester and would for two days warned Friday that guerrillas — but could not meet the night," an ILA spokesman said. "Mr. meeting between U.S. and North One of the Gulf Coast management be the m ajor tenant in the proposed failure to m eet their demands would terrorists’ deadline. Gleason has gone home. " Korean officials, and said he groups, the Mobile Steam Ship industrial park. mean a repetition of the 1972 Lod Air Association, and the union's would attend such a meeting per The plaintiffs in the action, port m assacre — in which Red Army Gleason had been meeting with the sonally provided South Korean Another hitch developed when Alabama local had announced earlier however, say that the town is not guerrillas sprayed gunfire into a federal government’s chief labor leaders were included. three of the jailed radicals refused to that workers would stay on he job as selling pn^)^y to Penney at a fair crowd, killing 26 persons. go to Dacca. negotiator, Wayne Horvitz, who was long as there was progress in nuarket price. Atty. Raynald Cantin The Japanese government said it shuttling between the ILA and negotiations. MADISON, Wis. - A judge of Hartford represents the plaintiffs. threw out Wisconsin’s definition Cantin said FYiday afternoon that he of death Friday and told doctors has contacted the sheriff, who will to unplug a life support system for serve the four listed defendants in a young mental patient they said the case — Penney, the Manchester Double filibuster ties up Senate had died from irreversible brain Economic Development Conunission damage. The judge said the com the Town of Manchester and Edwara WASHINGTON (U PI) - Opposing deregulation — could get its favored for nearly two weeks with efforts to — The original deregulation bill, mon law definition of death — Stockton, the state commerce com- forces froze the Senate into a double bill 0 thefloor. block a vote on legislation that would authored by Sens. James Pearson. R- filibuster Friday while leaders tried absence of a heart beat or breath mlKioner. th is time, though, there was a remove federal price ceilings from Kan.. and Lloyd Bentsen, D-Tex.. to figure a way out of the long, — was inadequate and inap Plaintiffs listed by Cantin are the bizarre twist. natural gas sales. No other floor would lift price ceilings from newly propriate. frustrating staiepnate over natural Concerned Taxpayers of Manchester, Sen. Russell Long, who wants business of significance has been discovered onshore gas in.mediately gas legislation. Judith Solomon, Mercia English and deregulation, had stolen the conducted since noon Monday, when and from offshore gas in five years. Democratic leader Robert Byrd VA’nCAN CITY - Pope Paul filibuster initiative away from the the anti-deregulation filibuster Opponents said they would lift their tried all day to coax key senators into VI Friday opened the fifth World anti-deregulation side by introducing swung into high gear. filibuster and let this bill come to a Synod of--Bishops by announcing supporting his compromise gas price the amendments his opponents had Byrd appeared to have found the vote, but only if they could try to he had no intention of stepping Attention formula, but Republican leader prepared themselves. Most were key to a compromise late Wednesday amend it to forbid deregulation. down as leader of the world’s 51 Howard Baker rated Byrd’s chances trivial. Few cared which way the night with a proposal that would con Proponents said nothing doing. for early success at "no more than million Roman Catholics. subscribers votes went. The objective was to tinue regulation while allowing — The compromise plan by Byrd 50-50.” Subscribers who have any delivery wear the other side down.