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All aitrlipatpr Hrralft i Manchester — A City o! Village Charm -- 30 Cents •''- Saturday, Sept. 12,1987 ,> f POPE PRAYS FOR UNITY r; .^7,. • Day cements p , relations with other faiths COLUMBIA. S.C. (AP) — Pope John Paul II told Jewish leaders '4^ Friday that future generations must learn about the Holocaust so t a ; that it happens "never again, "then reached out to fellow Christians in a r ^ ^ 4,- j Joint prayer for unity. ,, 4 > v jfe t V '■i- -rr- . ^ And after two days of extolling American virtues, the pope turned to American vices, blaming the . !'' ■' A ‘ ’ "■"■■ A.*! breakdown of families on "a false notion of individual freedom." “ America; you cannot insist on the right to choose without also insisting on the duty to choose well,” the pontiff told an ecumeni cal prayer service. "Already there IM'i is much breakdown and pain in your own society because funda mental values, essential to the well-being of individuals, families and the entire nation, are being emptied of their real content,” After the service, the pope headed for New Orleans, the third of nine cities he Is visiting on his 10-day U.S. tour. Before leaving the Columbia airport, he met briefly with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, for a private chat. On a day devoted to cementing relations with other faiths, the leader of the world's 850 million Roman Catholics exhorted Protest ant and Orthodox leaders here "to work toward the time when it will be possible for Christians to confess together the one faith.” And he told a delegation of prominent Jews in Miami that he wanted to “ emphasize our faith in the one God,” and that asa result of the suffering of Jews in the Holocaust "the church experiences AP photo Please turn to page 3 Pope John Paul leaves the archbishop’s residence in Miami Friday. Actor Lome Greene dies Ben Cartwright of ‘Bonanza’ was 72 ... page 7 -MAGAZINE PULLOUT SECTION Need money? Herald columnist gives It away on Thursdayl •MAPU by •m e* iM ltl* Teen with gun who held teacher Never again, sought to teach ‘class In violence’ pontiff says PARK RAPIDS, MlalfHAP) - y Ms. Vie was his favorite teacher. led her by the arm out of the of Hoiocaust high school sophomore, sa^ng^w The student came into her class classroom. Miss Nelson said. 8 wanted to teach "a class in late at about about 0 a.m., and led Trent Evink, a 17-year-old senior Continued from page 1 violence," held his history teacher her out of the classroom into an at the school, described the student at gunpoint for five hours Friday office at gunpoint, students said. as “ moody, very intelligent and ever more deeply her common bond before giving her the gun and After surrendering about 8 p.m., well-mannered. You know, your with the Jewish people." surrendering peacefully, authori the student was taken to the typical quiet guy." ties and witnesses said. sheriff’s department for question “ He was kind of considered a In Miami, too, the pope was rained out No shots were fired and no one ing and later transferred to a nerd because he got straight As,” for the first time in a string of outdoor was hurt, said Hubbard County Moorhead, Minn., Juvenile facility, said Julie Loveless, a 15-year-oId Masses in his 36 tours beyond Rome. Sheriff Larry Johnson. Negotiators Johnson said. sophomore. Thunder and lightning silenced him in used a teiephone to talk the student No charges were filed imme Another teacher at the school, mid-sermon before a quarter of a into giving' up, said Johnson, diately and probably wouldn’t until Walt Harrison, said at first "eve million faithful at Tamiami Park, but a declining to say what was said to Monday, Johnson said. rybody thought (the student) was hardy few thousand were there to cheer the boy. No bullets were found in the gun, sort of joking, but then he pulled out when he returned to the altar an hour Police did not give the teacher's a .357-callber Magnum handgun, the pistol and (we) knew he was later to give a blessing. name, but students identified her as after .the incident and no bullets very serious.” “ I cannot express the admiration to Shelli Vie, who also works as were found at the scene, Johnson everyone, but to you I am expressing “ He took her across the hall to the “ Nothing puts me to sleep like cheerieading coordinator and a said. this admiration,” the pope said. " I come life social studies office area, where we your story.” track coach. The name of the More than SOO students and school to you to offer my blessing.” social studies teachers have our 15-year-old student, described by staff members were evacuated He then blessed the crowd in Latin, desks, and he pointed the gun at classmates as intelligent but said “ thankyou Very much” and "adios, during the standoff, he said.. another teacher and myself and moody, was not disclosed. muchas gracias.” At that, the crowd The student who took Ms. Vie told us to leave," he said. Connecticiit Weather Dave Volden, acting police chief hostage came to class about 15 chanted: “ Viva Papa!” in this town of 3,000 about 150 miles minutes late and asked her twice, During the hostage situation, In his homily, the pope denounced northwest of Minneapolis, said the “ Would you please come with me?’’ Harrison said, the teacher "re pornography, adultery, divorce, contra Central, E aitem Interior: Saturday, cloudy with a SO teacher "de-escalated the situa said Brenda Nelson, a 15-year-old mained very calm. She’s told the ception, abortion and euthanasia. He percent chance of rain. High 70 to 75. Saturday night tion" by talking to the student sophomore in the room. psychologist that she’s got him said the commercial exploitation of sex and Sunday, rain likely. La w around 60. High 70 to 75. throughout the ordeal. The student When she refused, saying she had talking and ready to relax. We just “ offends human dignity and endangers Chance of rain 70 percent both Saturday night and eventually turned the gun over to t o . teach the class, the student got all the students and everybody the future of yo'ing people.” Sunday. her, Volden said. responded, "So do I — a class in away and they’re talking right “ Crime, violence and terrorism” ^ West Coaatal, E ait Coaatal: Saturday, cloudy with a AP photo Classmates o f the student said violence," pulled out the gun, and now.” challenge basic human and Christian SO percent chance of rain. High in the mid 70s. Saturday forced to cut the service short because of the values, the pope said. He spoke out night and Sunday, rain likeiy. La w in the mid 60s. High Pope John Paul II offers mass in a downpour as against dishonesty in business and in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 70 percent both Saturday clergymen hold umbrellas in Tamiami Park in rain, but he finished with a blessing before public life and said alcohol and drug night and Sunday. Plane crashes ‘Samaritan’ helps, Miami Friday. An estimated 240,000 people leaving Miami for Columbia, S.C. abuse “ take a heavy toll oh Individuals Northwest Mils: Sonthwest Interior; Saturday, came to the park for the mass. The pope was and on society.” cloudy with a 60 percent chance of rain. High 70 to 75. “ Throughout the world,” he said, Chance of rain 60 percent. Saturday night and Sunday, in Nev^ Milford then stabs driver ’’great sums are spent on armaments, rain iikeiy. Low around 60. High 70 to 75. Chance of rain while millions of poor people struggle 70 percent both Saturday night and Sunday. HARTFORD (A P) — A man stabbed and for the basic necessities of life.” attempted to rob a motorist on Interstate 84 early An ecumenical landmark In his heralded meeting with the NEW MILFORD (A P) — A single-engine private leaders of major Jewish organizations, plane crashed on a wooded hill in a sparsely populated Friday after helping the motorist change a flat the pope called attention to a Vatican section of town Friday night, scattering debris over a tire, police said. Protestant, Orthodox leaders hail talks with pope decision, announced Sept. 1 in Rome, to Lottery Winners wide area, police said. Elmer Thompson, 46, of Burlington was in stable condition in Hartford Hospital following the issue documents on the Holocaust and Authorities believed only the pilot was aboard the attack, state police spokeswoman Marcy Stamm the widest cross-section of U.S. church anti-Semitism. COLUMBIA, S.C. (A P ) — Heads of “ It affirms the importance of these Connecticut daiiy Friday; N t. Play Four; 8877. 1978 Piper Cherokee, police spokeswoman Virginia said. leadership ever to meet with a pope. “ It Is to be hoped that common American Protestant and Eastern ()r- kind of relations at the grass roots all Connecticut "Lotto” Friday; 8 ,18 80, 83. 37, 40. Lane said. He was presumed dead but had not been His assailant remains at large, Stamm said. The Rev. Donald Jones, a United educational programs on our historical . thodox churches who were meeting with over the country,” said the Rev. Arie found, she said. Thompson stopped on the highway between Methodist and chairman of the Univer and religious relations, which are well Pope John Paul II on Friday hailed their Brouwer, general secretary of the No one on the ground washurt. Lane said. South Kent exits 46 and 48 around 5; 45 a.m.

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