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The Daily Register Woiiiiioiiili County's Great Home Newspaper VOL. 103 NO. 215 SHREWSBURY, N.J. MONDAY, MARCH 16,1981 20 CENTS Arrangements made for hostages return DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Most of the 101 tary rule surrendered to Syrian police. freed hostages from the hijacked Pakistani air- Meanwhile, Pakistani President Mohammed liner were to be flown to Saudi Arabia today on Zia ul-Haq charged that Afghanistan's Soviet- the first leg of their trip home. Moslems among backed communist government supplied the hi- them were offered a free side trip to Mecca en jackers with automatic weapons and explosives route home. after they diverted the Boeing 720 jetliner to One of the two Americans among the hostages, Kabul, the Afghan capital, during a domestic Frederick Hubbell of Des Moines, Iowa, was flight on March 1. expected to fly to Frankfurt, West Germany, to Defense Minister Mohammad Rahim Khan meet his wife, who was freed by the hijackers in told reporters the three young men were "armed Afghanistan, and his parents. only with pistols" when they took over the plane, The plans of the other American, Craig R. but at Kabul "many people went aboard," and Clymore of Laguna Hills, Calif., were not known. afterward the hijackers "produced ... grenades He is wanted on drug charges in the United and explosives they had wired to blow up the States. The State Department revoked his plane." passport and said it would issue him documents "You can draw your own conclusions," he valid for travel only to the United States. said. A third hostage identified during the 13-day The (reed passengers and crew members hijacking as an American turned out to be a spent Saturday night in a Syrian military hospital. Canadian using the name of Lawrence C. Doctors there said they were "hi much better Mangum. a Brooklyn furniture mover whose wife shape than we thought they would be." A U.S. said he had never left the United States The Embassy official said the Americans were "full Canadian government said it believed he was of beans, telling jokes and keeping everybody Lawrence Lome, who escaped from a Canadian happy." penitentiary in 1976 while serving a term for §*•!•$*•* skssaiiaBS'S. fcw LaWV VnWnU importing narcotics. Embassy officials escorted Clymore, Hubbell, QUEEN COLLEEN— Teresa McNamara, Ocean Township, waves to an A spokesman in Ottawa said Canada has no FREE AT LAST—One of the more than 100 the mystery man "Mangum" and a South African admirina crowd after her Installment as Queen of the parade. extradition agreement with Syria, but the Syrian hostaoes freed after 13 days aboard hijacked official of the World Bank named Geoffrey government was expected to help get the fugitive Pakistani jetliner waves from bus at Damas- Balkind to a Damascus hotel yesterday. back to Canada. cus International Airport. Although Clymore refused to talk about the The three hijackers and the 54 Pakistani pris- drug indictment against him and "Mangum" refused to discuss his identity, both talked freely St. Paddy's parade oners whose freedom they obtained were given climate in Pakistan. temporary asylum in Syria after Libyan leader The second longest hijacking in aviation his- about the hijackers. Moammar Khadafy withdrew his offer of haven to tory ended Saturday when the prisoners freed by Clymore said their captors told them last them. There was no indication what country Pakistan's military government arrived In Da- week that they would kill the Americans one by might accept them until a change in the political See Hostages, page I watched by 13,000 mascus, and the three young opponents of mili- BELMAR - Most of the estimated Belmar parade, made his last appearance 13,000 spectators at the St. Patrick's Day at the event in his final term as governor. Parade here yesterday saw the march of Byrne was joined by state Department of well dressed statesmen, the dance of high Environmental Commissioner Mrs. Jerry Proposed budget cuts N.J. aid stepping young ladies, the shiny horns of Fitzgerald English, Rep. James J. How- several marching bands and the smiles of ard, D-N.J., state Sen. Brian Kennedy R- WASHINGTON (AP) - The state of New step in where the federal government plans to pull of the impact which Reagan's proposals for a 10 hundreds of ruddy-faced marchers. Monmouth, Assemblyman William Dowd Jersey would get about $1.6 billion less from the back. percent income tax reduction and changes in the Many others, however, did not see too R-Monmouth, and former Sheriff Paul federal government than it had expected for the Adding to the state budgetmaken' dilemma is depreciation allowance for business would have well at all. Kternan, to name a few. rest of this fiscal year and next under President that the Reagan budget proposal is after all only a on toe state. But, yesterday both teetotalers mo- Rep. Jamas J. Florio D-N.J. was the Reagan's federal budget proposal, state officials proposal. Congress must act on the budget and It said New Jersey taxpayers would get $600 di-inkers alike contributed to the colorful only gubernatorial hopeful to attend the say. could alter the priorities Reagan has set. million In income tax reductions this fiscal year and carnival-like atmosphere that filled parade. At the same time, they say Reagan's proposed In Trenton, Ugtslaters delayed for a week the aad $1,757 billion next fiscal year under the Re- the .mile-long Main Street route for the The crowd, which watched from behind tax cuts could give the state's residents more than beginning of bearings en the state's fiscal MM agan proposals. The analysis said $1 pare ant of better part of the afternoon. A growing police barricades or atop store porticos, $2.3 billion in income tax reductions. budget so they could digest the latest round of these redactions would go to taxpayers making reputation for a good time and the season- seemed less interested in the politicians Reagan's tax depreciation proposal could cost budget cuts. The fiscal year begins July 1 (or the $10,000 or more par year. able temperatures nude the parade one of than one another. The eye could not escape the state $51 million next year alone in lost state and Oct. 1 (or the federal government. the biggest in its history. the sight of the green sweater, the laugh- corporate income taxes. The legislature's Joint Appropriations Com- The state amid lose $51 million in fiscal 1862, "It just gets bigger and more colorful ing red face and the pitcher of beer, surely $104 million in fiscal 1883 and up to $343 million in These findings are contained in a report pre- mittee says it will begin the seven-week long every year," said Paul Caverly, the pa- the main attractions of St. Paddy's. pared last week by the state's Washington office hearings tomorrow. fiscal MM under Reagan's accelerated depreci- rade's master of ceremonies. While children scoffed down pizza on the state impact of President Reagan's budget Despite the delay, Sen. Charles B. Yates, ation allowance, the analysis said. Caverly orchestrated the movement of slices made with green dough in Don's proposals. chairman of the committee, said he still is uncer- "There is also considerable concern," it went the marchers from the reviewing stand on Pizxa Parlor, the older kids packed Pat's Gov. Brendan Byrne, who has been calling for tain what costs the state will have to pick up. on, "that as it is made easier and more profitable Ninth Street with the several politicians Bar and Restaurant, where strains of cuts in the defense budget as an alternative "It's a very unsettling situation," he said. for industry to write off existing facilities, it will placed behind him. Among them Gov. "Danny Boy" and "The Black Velvet means to control spending, said Reagan's pro- In a budget analysis which runs more than 190 encourage the flight of industry from state like Brendan Byrne, a regular at the annual Band" could be heard from warbling lips. posed reductions could result in 300 to 400 jobs lost pages, the state's Washington office discovered New Jersey and the Northeast to build new facil- in state government, particularly in areas such as by projecting; from the state's past participation ities elsewhere." energy, human services, Industry and labor. and performance in each federal program that Reagan's Budget Director David Stockman Reductions in federal domestic programs the proposed budget would have a $1.6 billion met with congressmen from the Northeast and would leave the state with some tough decisions impact on New Jersey. — which areas and to what degree can the state The analysis also came up with an i See Badges, page $ Ex-PO W9s meet at Fort Monmouth By JOEL SIEGEL were released, they were young men, eager to get higher than the European camps, be said. home. One way the ex-prisoners of war organisation FORT MONMOUTH—Some were shot down "But now that they are older, they are start- helps its members is to let them share their from bomber planes while others were forced to ing to breakdown," he added. "They are having a experiences and problems with each other. surrender after bloody ground battles. Many were hard row. They are asking for help." "It's therapeutic, ' said Joseph Kaminsky of taken captive while aboard naval ships. "Our goal is to help those POW's who cannot Perth Amboy, a World War II veteran who was They come from different backgrounds and help themselves." captured during the Battle of the Bulge and held have names drawn straight from America's melt- According to a Veterans Administration sur- for six months in Stalag X1B.