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,(*T - .,-. ■ ■ / n- wr.jn.'- -V.-r'^ C ONN! CTICUT SPORTS Super Tuesday: MHS and East no make or brMk win on diamond ... page 4 ... page 9 aurlirfilrr HrralJt ) ManchRSlP.r - A City nl VillapR Ctiarm Thursday, May 1,1986 25 Cents Soviets say U.S. assist ■4r % isn’t needed By Andrew Rosenthal The Associated Press Related stories MOSCOW — The Soviet Union on pages 5,19 turned down an offer of U.S. aid to help deal wjth the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and today said radiation at the devastated Uk­ of the NFS (nuclear power station) rainian power plant had dropped. A Soviet government statement ... dropped 1.5-2 times,” and said work was under way to deactivate today said 18 people injured in the nuclear plant accident were in contaminated areas. The five-sentence statement did serious condition. It said no not specify the current or previous foreigners were injured. Secretary of State George Shultz radiation levels. The government said, however, that casualties statement issued Wednesday night also said radiation had declined at were “a good measure” higher the Chernobyl plant, but did not than the two dead and 197 injured acknowledged by the Kremlin. He provide any data. Wednesday's statement said a ,f said. “ The scope of the accident is certainly a major one.” reactor was lipped apart in the In Stockholm, Gunnar Bengts- accident, but gave no cause. The U.S. intelligence sources, speaking son of Sweden's National Radia­ tion Protection Institute said he on condition of anonymity, said was told by the International they believe problems began Fri­ Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. day at the reactor leading to a meltdown, and that a non-nuclear Austria, that the Soviets had reported to the agency that the explosion occurred Sunday. UPl photo Radiation from the Ukrainian reactor fire was out. But in Vienna, the agency'sehief plant spread over Scandinavia and Toast In Ball spokesman. Hans-Friedrif h Eastern Europe, prompting anger Meyer, said he could not confirm over the Soviets' failure tn provide full information about the U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Indonesian shirts, toast each other during a state dinner at the the fire was out. “ We have never, been informed officially that there accident. Shultz, who was accompanying President Suharto, dressed in Indonesian Batik Putri Bali Hotel today. Story on page 4. was a fire.” he said. The statement that Meyer said President Reagan on an Asian the Soviets gave the agency today tour, said in Bali, Indonesia, that echoed previous Soviet statements the &viets rejected a U.S. offer of released in Moscow, and said humanitarian and technical aid Murder suspect has criminal record because they "fe lt they had what merely that radiation levels around the plant had decreased they needed to deal with the in Tolland County Superior Court By Susan Vaughn Marlborough on May 31. 1982. and and a cleanup was under way. The problem.” .May 14. Herald Reporter convicted of first-degree larceny. statements have made no mention Shultz said he did not know when Friends recall For that charge, he received a The death of the Manchester officials in Washington received High School sophomore was of a fire. David L. Copas, the man ac­ a ‘great person’ seven-year sentence from a .Man­ U.S. intelligence sources in the Soviet response, but that he caused by a blow to her head with a cused of murdering'Manchester chester Superior • Court judge Washington said Wednesdaylhat a learned of it today. blunt instrument and a stab wound High School student Laura A. Bieu — See page 3 which was to be suspended after fire still was raging at the plant “ The casualty rates are higher in the chest, according to an in Coventry last weekend, has a four years, with a probationary and could bum for weeks. than those announced by the Soviet autopsy by the state medical record of criminal arrests dating period of five years. Also today, the Soviets turned Union by a good measure.” he examiner. back to 1977, Superior Court It was unclear how much time down an offer from Sweden to records show. first-degree reckless endanger- Copas served in connection with Sgt. Edward Dailey, spokesman Please lam to page 8 for the state police, said today that accept radiation sickness patients Copas. now 25. was arrested at ment and first-degree criminal those charges. at the Karolinska hospital, offi­ age 16 in June 1977 on a third- mischief. He was again .sentenced Copas. who lives in Mansfield, another young girl was killed in a similar instance about four years cials in Stockholm said. degree burglary charge for which to serve one year in Cheshire was arrested Wednesday and In Tel Aviv, an Israeli amateur ago after leaving the same bowling he received a suspended sentence Reformatory with the same proba­ charged with the death of Bieu. 16. radio operator said a Soviet ham Cassano alley. Lucky Strike Bowling in at Cheshire Reformatory in May tionary period, both to run concur­ whose body was found Sunday operator told him there were 300 ■Mansfield, where Bieu apparently 1978 and was placed on probation rently with the previous sentence. afternoon off Hop River Road in casualties, but that it wasn't clear met Copas and accepted a ride for I wo years, according to records After the second arrest. Copas was Coventry. He entered no plea in how many of those were dead. from him last Friday evening. in Rockville Superior Court. also assigned to treatment at the court Wednesday and is being held Hundr^s of foreign students, running Dailey said the other girl's body He was arrested again in De­ Parent-Child Resource Center in at the Brooklyn Correctional Cen­ tourists and workers were trying to was also found in Coventry and an cember 1978 and was sentenced in Mansfield. ter on a $200,000 bond. He is get out of the Soviet Union today. arrest was made for that murder April 1979 on two counts of Copas was also arrested in scheduled for another appearance A British diplomat said Am eri­ and that Copas is not a suspect in can and British students who in the 4th the crime. arrived in Moscow from Kiev, - State police, who have been about 80 miles south of the plant, handling the investigation, have a By Alex Girelli After many draft proposals, were tested by Soviet doctors who few more witnesses to interview, Associate Editor found they were not exposed to but otherwise consider the investi­ harmful levels of radiation. gation closed. Dailey said. Stephen T. Cassano. a member Assistant State's Attorney Do­ The Soviets projected an official of the Manchester Board of Direc­ Heritage merger on the way air of calm, observing the May Day nald Caldwell, who will prosecute tors. has decided to seek the Copas. said Wednesday he had not workers' holiday with the tradi­ Democratic nomill^tion in Connec­ By John F. Kirch when the bank holds its annual caused part of the delay.” Whit­ received the file on the case, but tional parade through Red Square. ticut's Fourth Senatorial District. Herald Reporter meeting. taker said. “ But we anticipated expected that on .May 14 a date Major newspapers relegated a Cassano said today that he will “ The format the deal is taking is lower interest rates when we would be set for a probable cause day-old government statement on formally announce his candidacy Suffield Savings Bank should agreeable to both sides verbally.” started. We have to reprice (Herit­ hearing on the murder charge. the nuclear accident to the inside soon. have an announcement regarding Geery said, adding that negotia­ age's) assets and liabilities on a Police have not released any pages. He will be battling William E. its acquisition of the Manchester- tions have been scheduled for market basis.” motive in connection with Copas's The official Tass news agency Ferris, the Democratic town chair­ based Heritage Savings and Loan Monday and Tuesday. Along with the interest rates, arrest, but Caldwell .said that said a May Day parade was held as man in Glastonbury, for the Association within the next two “ We're on the 10th draft of the delays have been caused by what motive does not have to be scheduled in Kiev. nomination. The district nominat­ weeks, Suffield officials said document and each is 90 pages,” structure the new financial orgain- established on a murder charge. Today's report from the Council ing convention is scheduled July today. Heritage President William H. ization will take. Geery said. What must be shown is that the of Ministers, distributed by Tass. 23. The two banks have different said radioactivity “ on the territory The deal has been in the works Hale said today. "There's like a killing was intentional, he said. Whoever wins the nomination since October, when both sides zillion different things you have to structures, each with a separate Will presumably be opposing signed a non-binding letter of go through. We'll meet next week federal agency overseeing it. Suf­ incumbent Sen. Carl Zinsser, R- intent and announced that the and look at draft number I I . ” field is a savings bank insured by Manchester. Zinsser Has not said buyout would take place before Although Geery and Suffield the Federal Deposit Insurance TODAY’S HERALD be will run, but has done nothing to February, with some bankers Vice President James H. Whit­ Corp., while Heritage is a savings discourage the assumption that he and loan association insured by predicting it would come even taker said they could not disclose will.
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