Uncertainty: Chances'of tax cut dimmer / page 4 | Arson: Police dog sniffs out suspicious Tough guy: Gorbachev interview on T V / page 7 I fires / page s Mmxdmtn ) Manchester — A City o( Village Charm Monday, Nov. 30, 1987 30 Cents Next step Little optimism in probe "'M Atlanta siege uncertain 'm -p?, Manchester police have not yet decided whether to continue their investigation into an aiieged 35- will end soon year-old murder of a child who was supposedly buried somewhere in ATLANTA (AP) - Federal au­ spokesman, Thomas Stewart. the yard of 24 Pine Hill St. thorities and Cuban inmates hold­ Before the resolution in Louisi­ Three days of digging under a ing 90 hostages talked "off and on” ana, four hostages in Atlanta were shed attached to the back of the today, but officials said the agree­ released. house failed to turn up any evidence ment that ended a similar siege in a Stewart said there was neither to support the claim of an informant Louisiana prison may not quickly significant progress In talks with that a body had been buried there. resolve the week-old takeover here. leaders of the 1,139 Cuban detainees Manchester Police Capt. Joseph Seven Cubans climbed atop pri­ at the Atlanta penitentiary, nor was Brooks said today that police are son buildings before dawn today there reason to believe the Oakdale done digging, but that it Is too early and broadcast statements over a developments would affect the to decide on whether the investiga­ loudspeaker in Spanish and Eng­ Atlanta standoff, which entered Its tion should continue. He said today lish. But their messige was lost to second week today. he doesn’t know the cost of the the drone of rush-hour traffic and "W e have no way of knowing investigation so far. distortion in the speaker system. what impact it will have," Stewart Brooks has said that the depart­ "They (talks) are going on, off said. "There has not been much ment would be asking the advice of and on, but there haven’t been any Indication throughout the uprising the state’s attorney’s office in new developments," Bureau of that there was any kind of linkage. Hartford on whether to continue the Prisons spokeswoman Kathryn investigation. He said the office has Morse said today. "B y and'large, it is more hard not yet been contacted. The 1,139 inmates in Atlanta cases (in Atlanta),” Stewart said. From last Tuesday to Thursday, freed four hostages Sunday, hours "The Oakdale detention center is detectives digging under the shed before Cuban prisoners in Oakdale, something quite a bit softer in penal found more than 80bone fragments, m La., released all their hostages Uerms.” but none of them proved to be from and surrendered. Both sieges be­ Korten identified the Sunday humans. Dr. Ira Kanfer of the state gan after the government an­ night visitors as Armando Valla- medical examiner’s office said X nounced it would deport to Cuba derez Perez, a 22-year-old former today that he was sure the bones 2,500 criminals or mentally ill (^iban political prisoner; Roberto were not human just by looking at people who were among the 125,000 Martin Perez Rodriguez, who was them. Dr. Douglas Jordan, assist­ to arrive during the 1980 Mariel released this year after 28 years in David Kool/ManchMtar Harald ant professor of anthropology at the boatlift. prison in Cuba; and Jorge Mas University of Connecticut, con Debbie Desrosiers of Manchester, a toll East Hartford, says she loves her work, Three Cuban exile leaders who Canosa, president of the curred, adding that some of the visited the U.S. Penitentiary In Washington-based Cuban- Items thought to be bones were collector on the Charter Oak Bridge in Atlanta late Sunday briefed the American Foundation. actually stones. inmate representatives thereon the The three also visited here last After beginning digging, police agreement that ended the takeover week. learned that the site used to be the in Louisiana, said Patrick Korten, a "The three of them and three location of a slaughterhouse, thus U.S. Justice Department spokes­ explaining why non-human re­ She’s got an ‘easy job’ but representatives of the detainees man. The Oakdale inmates surren­ held discussions for about an hour mains were found. dered after receiving promises of Police received a tip from an face-to-face, after which time there individual reviews of their immi­ were some efforts to make some informant on May 28 that a body gration cases and no reprisals for probably a child, may have been contact with the larger body of the sometimes it takes its toll the damage to the prison. detainees nearby,” Korten said. buried at 24 Pine Hill St.. setting off The exile leaders remain availa­ Meanwhile, about 50 people — the investigation. The information ble today, Korten said. which led to the search warrant Bv Anita M. Caldwell bother her. relatives or supporters of the Manchester Herald "A lot of-times I just ignore it.” she said. " I don’ "There has been no subsequent Cubans — held a candlelight vigil that allowed police to dig is in an reaction to the meeting (with the affidavit sealed by Hartford Super­ allow them the reaction they’re looking for.” outside the prison Sunday night. The season that Debby Desrosiers likes the best is exile leaders) or to the Oakdale Inmates’ relatives had varying ior Court Judge M. Morgan Kline settlement from the detainees," he summer. ON THE RARE occasions when she does need her opinions about the news from "The scenery is beautiful in summer with all those supervisor’s assistance, no time is wasted. said. No negotiating sessions are Oakdale. half-naked men coming through in their bathing Laraia said each lane is monitored by himself and scheduled, "but this is not neces­ sarily significant,” he said. “ It is going to be a lot of good after suits, she said.” other staff from a console in the building adjacent to Desrosiers is a toll collector on the Charter Oak the toll booths. The toll collector also has an News of the end of the Oakdale the Oakdale release because the Violence siege was greeted with apparent (Atlanta) prisoners inside haven’t Bridge in East Hartford and it's part of her job to intercom inside the booth that is connected directly harmed anyone,” said Virginia watch who drives through. to the office. indifference by the Cubans here, Rodriguez, whose son Jose Herrano “ Vou meet a lot of people going through the tolls.” If a driver passes through a toll booth without officials said. has been at the prison seven halts vote she said from her home in Manchester. paying. Laraia said the toll collector contacts the "There has been no reaction, no months. "And if they ever commit­ The feisty 29-year-old said she loves her work supervisor and the license number of the car is celebrating, nothing discemable,” ted a crime, they’ve paid for it.” "People will talk to you. One of the flower vendors written down along with the make of the car from said another Justice Department gives us flowers when he comes through.” the console. The supervisor then notifies the state in Haiti But not all her customers are pleasant. police. Desrosiers said New York and Massachusetts Laraia said toll evaders are infrequent. drivers are "the nastiest.” According to the Crimes and Traffic Analysis Unit Stocks, dollar plunge PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) of the Connecticut State Police in Meriden, only — Sporadic gunfire echoed early " I get aggravated with some of the people who come through. They get all upset paying a 35 cent three arrests were made for toll evasion between today through nearly empty streets Aug. 17 and Nov. 17 of this year. where a voter-targeted terror cam­ toll,” Desrosiers said. amid skepticism, fear paign forced cancellation of Haiti’s DESROSIERS BEGAN working on the bridge first presidential election in 30 part time in May 1986 and became a full-time DESROSIERS OFFERS ONLY two other hazards NEW YORK (AP) -Stockprices marks, a record post-World War II years. of the job. low. It was quoted at 1.6540 late More than two dozen people were employee last March. fell sharply today after the dollar "The money’s pretty good. ” said Desrosiers. " It ’s "Personally, It’s not good for my complexion or Friday. killed in the violence, including IS plunged amid renewed skepticism an easy job.” breathing in the fumes.” she said. But she said she about the U.S. budget deficit and In London, the dollar was trading people shot or hacked to death at a It may not seem challenging, but she said being believes there are hazards with every job. at its lowest level against the polling place Sunday before the fears about inflation. friendly all the time is not so easy. Nor does it bother her that .she works in every type The Dow Jones industrial aver­ British pound since May 1982. It election was called off by the "They (toll collectors) have to have a good of weather. age dropped more than 75 points in cost $1.8305 to buy one pound, more Electoral Council. personality,” said Frank Laraia. toll superintend­ "W e go to work like the postman does — rain early trading to about 1,835, while expensive than late Friday's Within hours, the independent ent at the Charter Oak Bridge. “ Theyhavetobeable sleet, snow, blizzards — we work; we’re there,” she on the broader market 14 Issues fell $1.8105.