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■ • . a 24 - THE HERALD. Fh . March 6. 1981 I \^^pelebratifig 100 Years of Community Service! i nmE Reagan: No troops Prizeweek Puzzle East Catholic Stock market going to Salvador now worth $725 |wins hoop game closes with rally Page 3 1 Page 6 1 Page 13 Page 17 Saturday March 7, 1981 Manchester, Conn. 25 Cents SheServing the Greater Heralh Manchester Area for 100 Years Q Court of lost resort Chia-Chia t^]e London Zoo’s giant panda mate Ling-Ling and hopefully produce a Dr. Brian Bertram, curator of mammals at Chia Chia the panda on the bear’s arrival being crated up for his journey to new offspring. (DPI photo) the London Zoo, feeds bamboo shoots to from England Thursday. (UPI photo) Washington Zoo, where he will meet his new says killer must die MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (UPI) - unrelated case, Friday upheld the as far as the Judy case is concerned, The U.S. Supreme Court and the In capital punishment statute. he said. Jobless man surrenders diana Parole Board Friday refused to The legal actions meant the execu halt the execution of Steven T. Judy, tion would go through as scheduled Humphrey said he would continue A Vernon firefighter helps another dismantle one of the fans removing the last legal barriers to unless Judy changes his mind about to fight Williams’ case before the In SATURDAY 9 to 5 his death in Indiana’s electric chair. wanting to die or Gov. Robert Orr diana Supreme Court, and “an used Friday night to ventilate the Hartmann's Supermarket changes his views supporting (he ticipating a negative decision, we’ll Judy, the killer of a young mother after plane hijack fails after a mild gas forced the evacuation of the store and sent death penalty and commutes the be taking that to the U.S. Supreme and her three children, has said at least 17 persons to area hospitals for treatment. (Herald sentence. Court.” repeatedly he prefers death to a life LOS ANGELES (L'PI) — A man Best said the I' S. attorney s office section of the airport while police More than 20 Indiana religious photo by Kearns) in prison. His electrocution is set for The Indiana Supreme Court's who smuggled a loaded pistol and would determine what charges would and FBI SWAT teams took a short leaders asked Orr Friday to com shortly after midnight Monday mor ruling the state's death penalty law is allegedly a bomb onto a jetliner with be filed cut and set up snipers’ nests and a SUNDAY 12 to 4 mute Judy’s death sentence to life in 89 people aboard, then threatened to Neither the police, the FBI, nor the command post. ning. constitutional came on an appeal by prison. Two days earlier some of James Brewer, convicted of murder blow it up unless he received a $3 airline would speculate on how the After the plane was parked, one Judy called a news conference at those leaders joined the American million ransom, apparently was man got the gun through the security stewardess droppeCT the rear ramp Gas poisons 17 and sentenced to death for the 1977 the Indiana State Prison Friday night Civil Liberties Union in a plea for killing of Stephen Skirpan during a depressed over losing his job, the system, but Best said he personally and escaped, leaving Barbara Soren to deliver his parting words to clemency which Orr rejected had carried his gun through the Lake County robbery. FBI says. son and the five passengers on the reporters. ' because Judy wanted no part in it. The 11-hour ordeal ended about weapons detection system before plane. The FBI rigged up a phone to The high court justices denied 7-2, - " lam sure that his stand is going The Supreme Court gave no indica without setting off the alarm. 8:30 p.m. PST Thursday night when talk to the hijacker and up to six at Vernon store without comment, a request by Larry to be the same that it has been in the tion of its reasoning in the Williams Victor Malasauskas, 44. of the plush It all began Thursday morning agents holed up in the rear of the Williams, another death row inmate, past,” Orr’s press secretary, Janet request. In 1977 it approved the when Malasauskas. in a ski mask, continue to swell as the morning ap waterfront suburb of Marina del Rey, plane in the coach galley, with the By MARTIN KEARNS that they delay Judy’s death until Powell, said Friday night. execution in Utah of Gary Gilmore, walked down the rear stairs of the walked onto Flight 72 bound for phone line running up the aisle. SAVE Herald Reporter proached. b O F F Williams’ lawyer has a chance to "I realized it was a long shot, ” who like Judy said he wanted to die. Two other victims were taken to Continental Airlines 727 at Los Phoenix, Ariz.. and San Antonio, The "calm and collected " hijacker VERNON ■ — Seventeen persons argue the constitutionality of In Williams’ lawyer, Jere Humphrey of The court said then third parties — Texas, with a cocked and loaded Manchester Memorial Hospital Angeles International Airport with demanded $3 million from Continen were treated for apparently mild diana’s death penalty law. Plymouth, said of the Supreme Court even relatives — had no legal stan where officials, hoping to ease the Steven Judy his hands behind his head. 9mm automatic pistol and a suitcase tal and negotiations started in cases of chloride poisoning at two The Indiana Supreme Court, in an appeal. “Of course it’s a dead end" ding to fight execution. strain on the Rockville facility, His last remaining hostage, a he said carried a remote-controlled earnest. area hospitals Friday night after an bomb treated and discharged them. plucky stewardess named Barbara “Barbara Sorenson did an ab tlRT EMPRESS BEDDING early evening accident forced the Rockville Fire Marshal William Sorenson, had escaped safely a half- A flight attendant quickly closed solutely magnificent job of evacuation of a popular supermarket Johnson said the problem began hour earlier when she ran out of the the screen between cabins and went negotiating, " said Best. "... she kept here. when a 6 percent chlorine solution plane after spending most of the day down the coach section aisle her cool. ‘ Firefighters and rescue personnel was mixed with a drain cleaner calmly going bagk and forth between whispering to passengers to get off More than three hours after the in rushed to the Hartmann’s Super the plane. located in the meat-cutting area of Uncle Walter says so long the hijacker and the FBI negotiators cident began, one man and woman market, 42 Windsor Ave., when a the supermarket. Johnson said the holed up in the rear of the plane, The cockpit crew slammed their hostage couple was allowed to leave. noxious gas was detected after a NEW YORK (UPI) - Walter During a break not long before the resulting odor was noticeable in the ■'He told us nothing in life was left door shut and locked it, leaving the Later, two male passengers were chlorine detergent was mixed with a Cronkite, the anchorman who program’s end, Cronkite looked at meat room, but declined to say for him, but we said there was plenty hijacker stranded in the first-class released, leaving only Miss Sorenson cleaning agent in an ill-fated attempt became uncle to a nation, retired the script he had written for his whether the was had entered the in store for him," said Edgar Best, section with five passengers, two and one female passenger. to free a clogged drain. from the CBS Evening News Friday closing — which had been kept secret working stewardesses and two other room. special agent in charge of the Los The last passenger was allowed to The emergency room at Rockville but promised that "old anchormen until the end — and began kidding: Angeles FBI, who led the negotiating stewardesses who were aboard. Johnson said the chlorine chemical leave seven hours into the ordeal as Hospital was congested late Friday don’t fade away — they just keep "I’m not gonna read this!" is a common household product team. "There were some indications The pilot, co-pilot and flight agents appealed to the hijacker’s wM persons suffering symptoms in coming back for more." Then he turned and shouted into the which has led to occasional Injuries. he may have lost his job the day engineer clambered out the cockpit "moral principles." cluding dizziness, headaches, nausea With his wife Betsy and his three “fishbowl,” the glass-enclosed area before. window onto the tarmac, Explaininq its use he theorized, "One Best said he told Barbara Sorenson and stinging eyes. As of 11:30 p.m., 13 children gathered round. Uncle where his producers sit: "I’ve "The hijacker threatened to blow FBI agents got aboard the plane thing didn’t work, try another.” that if she got a chance to escape to victims had been treated and Walter was dry-eyed and displayed changed my mind! Tell Rather I’ve the aircraft up if we did not meet his shortly afterwards and began talking An inspector from the state take it because they would be able to released, and a hospital spokesper no emotion as he announced in his changed my mind!" demand" for $3 million in ransom, to the man. More than an hour later, Department of Consumer Protection cover her if she could get away. She son said two more persons had just familiar raspy-resonant baritone After referring to his "last broad said Best.