■■ AT*nge Daily Nat Praaa Rod : Ths Ws Var «1M WMk Bndad . W we^eie. S. We Deoen^wr tt, IMS van twUfht, lvtril4Ms> 13,891 Myewtiyeee v « f Hhi A M K tm O m irn. •t CUrtnlBtlOB lUgnchMU»r~^A City o f ViUago Charm ■fP WOL. L^DQQII, NO.* 78 (TWEn H -J ^U R PAGES—TWO SECTIONS) MANCHESTER, CONN., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1864 (OMdlied M A ^ M tn g <■ ^ M) PRICE SEVEN CENTS 12 Bank Holdups Makarios Seeks End A Record in State To Cyprus Treaties; NEW HAVEN (AP)—Bandits staged 12 holdUjJB in Connecticut in 1963—probably 'an all-time high for the state. The holdup men, armed with real or phony weap­ ons, forced tellers to stuff more^than $150,000 into the cloth or paper bags they carried with them. Turk Action Feared Borne o f this money, how-^ ever, was later recovered. Makarlos an- Comparative figures are not N K X )S IA . C y p ru s session Friday Just^ish Chrpriots, after he hears a report from nounced Wednesday night ha available, but veteran police of­ — British Commonwealth would seek to dissolve agree­ ficers cannot, recall e year in Events Sandys on his return from Ni­ Secretary Duncan Sandys cosia. ments under . which Britain, which there were as many hold­ Greece- and ‘Ttukey guarantee ups In the state. {made repeated calls on As the diplomaUc maneuver­ (t. President Makarios of Cy­ ing continued, a cease-fire con­ Cyprus’ sovereignty. In addition to the 12 holdups, In State tinued in Nicosia for -fhe fdurtii Earlier, Makarios said he there was a 120,000 bank bur­ . .•. •/' --.f prus today in the wake day Without renewed fighting. would tear up the agreements. glary, bringing Um total loot to ' \ - of Makarios’ announcement There were reports of isolate But after Britain challenged his more than $170,000. Incidents in the Countryside and right to act alone, he said he The burglary and six of the Driver Test Law I that he intends to call for I abrogation of treaties link­ at some other towns, however. would “ secure the termination holdups remained unsolved at ’The British War Office an­ of these treaties by ai^roprlata the end o f the year. Hits New„ Snag. ing Cyprus with Britain, nounced that nearly 1,0(X) more means,” meaning by hegoUa- Among the unsolved crimes I Greece and Turkey. BriUsh paratroopers wiU be tion. was a daring $65,000 holdup In As Labs Resist In Athens! the Greek Cabinet flown to Cyprus within the next me diplomatic exchanges Slonroe on April 22. met on the continuing crisis in 24 hbUrs. This is in addition to came amid fresh violence, A bandit, his face thasked this island nation and asked for m ree monks were killed and HARTFORD (AP)—The head 600 troopers airlifted to the is­ with tape and orange makeiip. an extraordinary and immedi- land Wednesday night. another 'three wounded in a raid broke Into the home of bank of the state laboratory declared , ate meeting of the North Atlan­ A spokesman said mUitary Wednesday on the Greek Ortho­ manager Charles Wade and today that, if other laboratories tic Treaty Organization council technicians were on short aleri dox monastery of Galactoforou- ' forced him at gunpoint to drive arenH brought In soon to make in Paris. ’The feuding parUes on to be flown to Nicosia to take sa, 25 miles southwest of Nico­ to a branch o f the Connecticut chemical teats under the new Cyprus are Greek-speaking and over operation of public utilities sia. 'Survivors said five or six National Bank. , state dnmk-drlving law, his ’Turkish-speaking Cypriots and if Cyprus' Communist-dominat­ Turkish Cypriots made the riad. There, the bandit seised four laboratory will be "put in a both Greece and ’Turkey are Britain, now acting as peace­ very peculiar position." ed trade unions create labor members of.NA’TO, as is Britain. difficulties. maker and policeman for its for­ (See Page Seven) Earle K. Borman reported mer colony, feared new repris­ that efforts so far to gain par­ In London, Prime Minister Sir i Charging_ , Turkey with “ aggres- Alec Douglas-Home summoned slve actions” in the communal als by Turkish Cypriots if Ma­ ticipation by other latoratories karios upsets, the delicately ar­ in the pfogram have not been ‘ the British Cabinet for an ex-1 strife between Greek. w d Turk- ranged treaties' without consul­ successful. Road Deaths "I have had tentative feelers tation with sril sides. from three of them," he said, In Turkey’s capital, Ankara, a. but they showed no excited in­ foreign ministry spokesman skid T o T op 209 terest and they had a certain his government s^xih' by the Johnson Favors treaties and promise, "We will amount of reservation.” take every measure for their By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS He said a half^ozen labora­ literal application.” The nation’s traffic deaths for tories probably could qualify to take tests under the law. But, Under the , 1960 treaties Brit­ 'ttie midweek New .Year’s holi­ ain, Greece and Tiirkey ’ prom- day, totaling more than 200, ex­ he added, if only the state lab­ Peace Offensive oratory continues to process ised to act together or singly .to ceeded .esUmates of safety ex­ prevent partition or annexation perts, but was far below last blood and breath samples, "W e’ll be in a very peculiar of the eastern Mediterranean week’s Christmas toll. island.. This pledge was de­ The number of persons killed position since we will be carry-1 JOHNSON CITY, T ex.^ ln a message that the time for tail ing peace has passed and s ir e d t o block both the oam- tai traffic accidents during the Ing out tests for both the police I (AP) — President Johnson and defendants.” { "1964 should be a year in Which ]^ign of Greek Ciypriots, Who 48-hour holiday period which is said to favor an unre­ make up 80 per cent of the pop. ended at midnight Wedheiiday we take further steps toward .Under the' law, accused driv­ that goal.” ■Illation of 577,000, for union with was 200. Belated reports were ers have the right t6 have tests lenting peace offensive in expected to boost the total. 1964. "In this spirit I shall strive of their own made if they desire. for the further improvement of (See Page Ten) However, the toll ai^pdared no A White House source report­ Many hospitals have balked at ^ relations between our two coun­ larger than the daily average of Uddng part in the tests. Stuart ^ ed that Johnson is determined i f to seek new breakthroughs on tries," Johnson said in a reply 117 traffic fatalities reported Knox, executive director of the I to a New Year’s message from during the first 11 months of peace and does not think the 64-member Connecticut Hospital Khrushchev and Soviet Presi­ 1963. Association, has reported a United States can oc^hould wait Nikita Sends until after the Noyamber presi­ dent Leonid Brezhnev. ’The National Safe^ Council "general feeling of caution.” m e two Soviet leaders had had estimated in advance of the dential baIloting..TOfore pressing Non-hospital laboratories are said in their personal inessaga holiday that between 140 and ahead in this a ) ^ . ^ li B J Message balking, Borman explained, be­ New YeaPs Baby to Johnson that the old year asM 180 persons might be killed in The source made available to cause they don’t want to get The year was two hours 'tad 22 minutes old when Glenn Alan Hunnif^ bom at Man- a significant improvemenyin traffic mishaps from 6 p.m. involved in too much legal work newsmen Wednesday a summa­ Chester Memorial Hospital. He is the hospital’s New, Year’s Baby .i first child of the approach to the aohitimn of WASHINGTON (A P )—Soviet New Tear’s Eve to midnight where laboratory representa­ ry of what were described aa Premier Khrushchev sent a pen. ~ 'Mx, and Mrs. Alan Hunnlford of 12 Abby Dr^, Hebron; the first l)ild^'Main Bt Johnson’s views on' a broad urgent international, prplHams Wednesday—a 30-hour period. tives would have to testify in irt .GTehney of and.in the developmmt of Sovi- Council FTesldeht Howard court on test findings. merchant, Christopher Glenney; and first grandchild of Mr, ai range of topics. Some of the aonal message to Presidmt Bolton (SanUkraiht Mrs, Hunnlford. of 441 Center .BU; ;hed fi j^cjunds 10 niaferial was provided on condl- et-Axoerican Johnson today in the midst of Pyle said-Wednesday night that And toey voicad aS m Btat 1964 the final figures “ definitely will ounces, and lb 20%'inches long. (He^ld photo by Pinto). Ubn it not be made public until Heads Boat Yard “ will be marked. hD ^ t her. alg- increasing'tallk on both sides of go beyond this estimate.’ ’ The today. tile East-West conflict about aa GROTON (A P ) — I^obert V. e Among key attitudes attrlbut' nlflcant success.”/ ' " Laney was named manager to­ Later the Wlilto House source easing o f cold war tensions dur­ (Bee Page Seven) ed to Johnson were these: ing the new year. day of'the (juincy. Mass., yard Mercury Up ’m e President plans to propose made available/uiei summary of Political Balm Out, Johnson's reported views includ- Soviet Ambassador Anatoly of the Electric Boat Division of a comprehensive housing pro­ F. Dobrynin met with Secretary General Dynamics Cocp. gram and will discuss this today 300.000 Counted After Storm (See J^age Thirteen) of State Dean Rusk for 16 min­ lianey, assistant manager of at his ranch home with Robert / utes.