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— St., I^partment’s The Weather Saturday partly sunny and cool. Highs 55 to 60. Fair and Ni quite cool Saturday night l ® a n r l | p 0 t F r S u p t t i u n H r r a l f t lows 35 to 40 degrees. Sun- day fair and cool with highs in the 5fls. Probability of Vol. XCVIII, No. 6 — Manchester, Conn., Saturday, October 7, 1978 rain 20 percent .Saturday and A Family ISEWSpaper Since 1881 Luis Rohenson 10 percent Saturday lilghl. NEW YORK (UPI) - Luis Robinson, who hijacked a bus to Kennedy Airport July 4, 1977 and killed two passengers — one from Massachusetts — was sefltenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison. MHS Incidents Have Raeial Overtones “It is unfortunate that society By SUSAN VAUGHN the incidents and anxious to quell finds some of its members invisi- Services Department and put the volve loud hurling insults, he said. A service training of staff and alerting Herald Reporter rumors about them, said that the ble until they commit some police on alert for Friday. A black number of students did not report to them to the problems which could heinous acts,” Queens State MANCHESTER - School name-calling incidents are being in- student had complained Thursday of class after that incident and rumors arise. Supreme Court Kenneth Browne authorities Friday afternoon were in- vestigated by school authorities and being called “nigger,” Ludes said. continued throughout the day of the Ludes met with the faculty after vestigating several incidents with the assault case has been turned over said in imposing sentence. “This Other students also told him of the reoccurrance of further name calling school Friday and urged calmness racial overtones which erupted at to Manchester Police who are in- court cannot and will not follow name calling going on. incidents and potential fights. and rational attitudes. Manchester High School during the vestigating. No arrests or dis- that pattern.” Friday's incidents started with An apple-throwing incident in the He said he will be eontaeting school day Friday. ciplinary action has been taken yet. name calling between two groups of cafeteria touched off further excite- Right on Red The incidents included name Two arrests of non-students, parents over the weekend, and had students, which Ludes said were ment about 12:20 p.m. Ludes said an already heard from some parents calling between small segregated charged with loitering on school HARTFORD (UPI) - Trying to basically segregated groups, of about apple was thrown at a table of black who expressed a willingness to meet groups of white and black students grounds, were made by police, but it 8 to 12 students during first period in students. figure out when it’s legal to turn was not clear whether the arrests with him as early as Tue.sday. There right at a red light in Connecticut and an assault involving some female the cafeteria. That incident involved After the noontime incident, Ludes are no classes on Monday because of were related to the disruptive in- has become so confusing, you’d students at the close of school. Prin- name calling between the students addressed all students over the the Columbus Day holiday. cidents within the school. probably be better off walking or cipal Jacob Ludes reported in a press while moving about the cafeteria, microphone in the cafeteria, but Ludes said be will also meet with conference called late Friday after- Alerted by complaints and rumors taking a bus. Ludes said, and the excitement name calling continued and he had to groups of students to try to resolve noon. which started Thursday, Ludes had Until recently, drivers were spread briefly into the corridors at interrupt all classes at 1:15 to ad- Ludes, obviously concerned about called in extra help from the Youth the incidents and to determine if they allowed to turn right at some red the end of the period. It did not in- dress the entire school population were isolated incidents. lights in the state. Now, because over the public address system. At In the strongly worded statement of an unintentional legislative that same time, the two non-students to the student body Friday, Ludes foulup, motorists can’t legally were removed from the school said that the name calling and turn right at any red lights. premises by the police. threats of physical violence at the But fear not. Next July, the At the close of school a fight ap- school will not be tolerated Department of Transportation in- parently involving some female Disciplinary actions will be taken forms us, we will be allowed to students, both black and white, oc- and may include suspension, Ludes turn right at most red lights. curred in a lavatory. Statements said for actions which involve Confused? You’re not alone. were taken by police but no arrests criminal activity, police will be had yet been made by Friday night called in, he said. , *kKW324033 Ludes said he is not sure of the Ian Smith He urged students to attend all source of the incidents but that they their classes and to cooperate to SALISBURY, Rhodesia (UPI) were apparently related to an allega- — Prime Minister Ian Smith and a eliminate rumors in order to restore tion of a theft of a bag of marijuana order to the school, Ludes said black leader who once plotted to kill him left for the United States reported Sept. 26. In that incident, several students had come to him Friday in a dramatic bid to win which occurred on or near the school concerned about the disruptive in- grounds, a black student was accused American support for their cidents, and anxious to have them of the theft, but the details of that in- beleaguered biracial government. curbed. cident have not been confirmed, Ludes, who has only been principal Smith and Ndabiningi Sithole, a Ludes said. Ludes surmised that the mernber of the country’s for one month, said he believes it is a tension had been building up for a good school and a good student body “interim” government, scheduled week or so since the theft incident. a flurry of television appearances and he wants it to remain that way. The school, with a total population and meetings with American con- 'T don't intend to let the problem get gressmen to rally backing for of 2,013 students of which only 57 are out of hand," he said. He said he is black, has not had a history of racial trying to focus on the vast majority Rhodesia’s biracial government. The two men were arriving in dissension. School Superintendent of students that do not want a James P. Kennedy, who also sat in on New York Saturday morning on a problem. the presss conference, said. He said 16-hour flight from Johannesburg The high school administration is there have always been reports of working out plans for increased and plann^ to fly immediately to fights and name calling between Washington. Their first public security at the school starting various groups, but not of this Tuesday. This wfll include putting appearance will be on the “Meet specific nature or magnitude. more teachers in the corridors and the Press” television program Sunday. Kennedy said he has had some con- places where students congregate, cern about the increasing numbers of but will not mean bringing in sub- minority students and has attempted stitute or extra help, Ludes said Hanna Gray to deal with the =itiiation through in- CHICAGO (UPI) - Hanna Tony LoGrasso, owner of the Pizza Wagon, brought out the champagne Friday afternoon Holborn Gray was inaugurated Friday as the 10th president of the pops the cork on a bottle of champagne while to celebrate the start of reconstruction of the University of Chicago. Earl Miller, job superintendent for the K- K-Mart where the roof collapsed under heavy Mrs. Gray, 47, said in her in- Mart reconstruction project, and Sue Levine, ice and snow in January. (Herald photo by Cease-Fire Sought auguration address the university owner of Cards, etc., await their share. The Strempfer) has many problems, including un- BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) — Presi- group of store owners from K-Mart Plaza appealed to the world "to save our certain funding and the possibility dent Elias Sarkis sped to Damascus women and children” of a declining enrollment due to Friday night to plead with Syrian The Lebanese Front Alliance of the lowered birth rate. President Hafez Assad to end Syrian Right-Wing Christian leaders It will be her job, seie said, “to appealed to the leaders of France, artillery barrages that have turned define and make the major Great Britain and the United States, Corks Pop to Signal the Christian areas of Beirut into a choices of internal priority." flaming hell and killed and wounded as well as to the United Nations Mrs. Gray is the first woman to thousands. Security Council and the Inter- serve as president of the 87-year- “All hopes are attached to this national Red Cross for “quick action old school and becomes one of the summit,” the state-run Beirut radio to help the Lebanese out of their pre- foremost women in American K-Mart Reconstruction said in reporting that Assad sent ordeal." academic circles. She earlier had telephoned Sarkis on his return Israel, whose naval attack on The store owners joined with Earl said. served as acting president, By SUSAN VAUGHN earlier Friday from Moscow and in- Beirut Thursday preceded the latest Miller, job superintendent for Peter The contractor took out a 31 million provost and history professor at Syrian onslaught, warned anew it Herald Reporter J.