Bazooka Fire Kills Somoza
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By LAI RKN DAVIS SHEA Former Nicaraguan President The government immediately lleriilil Keporler Anastasio Somoza was assassinated closed Paraguay's border with by bazooka fire today as he rode in Argentina to prevent the killers from MAMJIKs rKK — If you were looking for a his car in downtown Asuncion, police leaving the country. cup of coffee at the Silver Lane Diner Tuesday said .Somoza arrived in Paraguay, a afternoon, you were out .of luck - not because Police said Somoza, 53, who lied landlocked South American country the coffeemaker was on the blink but because Nicaragua in July 1979 and later took about the size of California, in August the site was selected as a locale for a movie up residence in exile in Paraguay, 1979, about a month after he left that will be distributed internationally. was killed by three men firing a Nicaragua because his National Actors, directors, cameramen and make-up bpzooka at his white Mercedes-Benz, Guard lost ground in bloody fighting artists competed for space with cameras and hitting it with one round. with rebel forces led by the San- kiieg lights, as a Massachusetts film company Also killed in attack were Somoza's dinista army. v came to the diner to shoot a scene for a movie driver and a bodyguard, police said. Paraguayan President Alfredo about child abuse. ' Three other men in a blue Stroessner, a staunch anti The film, an original screenplay written by Chevrolet wagon at the same time communist who has ruled Paraguay Smokers William Gove, will be aired over the Home sprayed Somoza's car with with an iron fist for 25 years, Box Office channel as part of a 13-movie submachine-gun fire, police said. welcomed Somoza into Paraguay series about problems in American society. “The driver's body was thrown 60 despite strong objections from op Producer Anthony Casella of Educational feet from the car," one officer said. position politicians. Films, Inc, of Abington, Mass., selected a Ed Elfman, a Glastonbury resi- Diner on the Manchester/East Hart- “Somoza's body was all chopped up An Asuncion radio broadcast said, Glastonbury firm to handle the casting duties, dent who plays a role in a film about ford town line, gets made up in by the explosion, but what was left “The information we have right now for the film titled, "Battered. " battered children which is being preparation for Tuesday’s was stuck in the car." is that the body is inside the car vir Says Bruce Lloyd, whose wife Suzanne is partially filmed in the Silver Lane shooting. ” (Herald photo by Shea) Police said the attackers had shot tually shredded by the explosives and president of Country People of Glastonbury, more than 25 rounds of machine-gun the body is that of Gen. Anastasio "We brought the business in ' firp into Somoza's car. Somoza." Lloyd said besides casting, the firm also The attackers, who struck at 10:20 Somoza was toppled from power selects locations and does most of the other a m. EDT a short distance from July 17. 1979, by the Sandinista preproduction work, "so the production people Somoza's home, escaped in the blue Liberation Front, which had waged a can come in and smoothly sail through the Chevrolet used in the attack but five guerrilla war for many years against filming." blocks away switched to a his family's 46-year rule. Lloyd said the selection ol the diner was a .. - - - i A case of contacts. "You have to know a lot of people for this job." He said the diner's owner was a personal acquaintance of his. C onvert Other local sites where filming will take Closed campus place are the Soap Factory in Glastonbury and Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford. Late Tuesday afternoon, Wickham Park in Manchester was under consideration as a site, vying with Hartford s Elizabeth Park as the pleases Ludes producer decided which locale ollered the most flowers. year, students didn't lose credit until Production was just beginning on the eight- By LAUREN DAVIS SHEA they cut eight classes. , week project, and Casella was unable to Herald Reporler With enrollments declining in other decide if the film would stay within its $90,000 MANUIESTER -r K,tanc)iester state high schools, and MHS's enroll budget. "We've stayed in budget for High School Principal Jacob Ludes ment remaining stable. Ludes said preproduction costs, so we re looking good so Tuesday night declared his satisfac "This may be the largest three-year far, " he said. tion with the new closed campus high school in the state by the time Casella was enthused about the project, as policy, as he explained school this year's sophomore class he said he hoped to reach "the average parent regulations to the 120 parents ol graduates." who doesn't realize he's abusing his child" Educational Films Inc. of sophomores attending an open house. Commenting that any institution the Manchester/East Hartford town with 2.000 students "has its warts and with his lilm. Abington, Mass, was shooting a "1 am more pleased in the first "The most shocking thing while we were line Tuesday afternoon. (Herald three weeks of clo.sed campus this blemishes " Ludes said MHS has its planning this —we were at the main Hartford scene for a program about child photo by Shea) school year than 1 was at the same share of drug and alcohol problems To M erit abuse at the Silver Lane Diner on time last year There is a better at child abuse olfice, and a mother had just among students. beaten her two-year-old son to death She said mosphere. " Ludes said. "I think the school's problems are she didn't mean to do it. she was giving him a they'll realize they can call to report child abuse in Connecticut, Casella said, adding she The principal said the better at small by comparison to other good licking— she did alright —she killed abuse Children sometimes don't know is also serving eis the film's technical advisor. mosphere could be traced to this schools. We don't expect to let ''Best tasting low tar I’ve tried’’report MERIT him," Casella said something is wrong when they're being While concern for battered children is ob being the second year of some form problems develop." Lodes urged The film depicts sexual, physical and men beaten, some even think they're not loved if vious in Casella's comments, the film com of closed Vampus He said the half- parents to contact the staff if they tal abuse ol children and although Casella ad they're parents don't beat them, if that is the pany is for profit. How much? No one would go year closed campus experience of know of a substance abuse problem mits some ol it is gory, he added ' It's a gory only kind of attention they've ever gotten," on the record, but one person on the set said last year was good preparation for "It will be treated confidentially, " smokers in latest survey subject" He said the film should be viewed by- Casella said. the 57 minute movie could reap a half million this year's full term of closed cam he said. children anyway The film's actors include a woman whose dollar profit after leasing and worldwide dis pus. Ludes reminded parents their "I'd like children to see it. because then regular job is as head psychologist for child tribution. The 1980-81 school year marks a students are starting with a fresh return to a strict attendance policy. slate at the high school. "Encourage In recent years, students could leave them to study at the same time, the campus during study halls, with every day. whether they have Taste Quest Ends concealed, a significant majority of administrators trusting them to homew"ork or notr Also, avoid the return for classes. Last year, temptation to let students become Latest research provides solid evidence that smokers rated the taste of low tar Coalition raps CD program sophomores had to earn this slaves to their cars. Many need their privilage by following closed campus cars for work, and we recommend more for rehabilitating or construc eommunitv development projects." towns studied, but its block grant rules during the first half of the year By LISA SHKI’ARI) ting new housing, streets or parks. The coalition, with groups ranging program has been beset with working - it's good training, " Ludes MERIT is a satisfying long-term taste MERIT as good as—or better than — This year, sophomores must re llrnild Vt u-iii^liiii ilurt-aii Money is awarded by HUD with the from the National Urban League to problems. said But he added. " A lot ol students WASHINGTON — A coalition of 75 the League of Women Voters, studied The study found widespread main on campus all day. throughout stipulation that towns promote in work too many hours to support their alternative to high tar cigarettes. leading high tar brands. Even organizations Tuesday came down 36 local jurisdictions receiving block problems in the program ranging the'school term.