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Cashing in: Will can triumph over Political p riso n er^re^^ag ^? adversity / page 11 Farm Belt: Worst of times are over / page 9 iianrhratrr Hrralft Manchester — A City of Village Charm Monday, July 6, 1987 30 Cents N o proof o f report Ross silent W aite dead KUWAIT (AP) — A Kuwaiti newspaper has reported that Terry as he’s told •Waite, the missing Church of 'England envoy, died recently in Beirut of natural causes, but Lebanese and Syrian officials dis counted the story. The Beirut-datelined story, he must die which appeared Sunday in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Anbaa, .quoted an unidentified Lebanese By Linda Stowell political figure as saying he had' The Associated Press “ reliable information that Waite Inalde: died a natural death either last BRIDGEPORT — A Superior ■ The state police Tuesday or Wednesday.” Court judge today sentenced a detective who broke the But when the source was asked to silent and expressionless Michael provide evidence of the death, he B. Ross to death by electrocution Michael Ross case that told Al-Anbaa; " I am under no for the murders four young plagued southeastern eastern Connecticut wbmen. obligation to do so. I -knew of the Connecticut was some death by accident.” Judge G. Sarsfield Ford ordered ’ that Ross be jailed in Somers State what shocked that the A strongly anti-Iranian and pro- Prison, home of Connecticut’s timid and soft-spoken Iraqi newspaper, Al-Anbaa is usu presently inoperable electric chair, Ross turned out to be the ally reliable on Kuwaiti and Arab by Aug. 14. affairs, but it has not previously “ On that day or within five days serial killer. uncovered any major develop of August 14th, in accordance with ments on the hostage issue. the law, you shall have punishment — $toryonpag94 Waite, 48, is the personal envoy of of death inflicted by electrocution,” Ford told Ross. Archbishop of Canterbury Robert ‘ Runcie, the spiritual head of the However, defense attorneys said ate and former insurance sales Church of England. He disappeared they will file an appeal o f the guilty man, is already serving a 120-year in Beirut on Jan. 20 after leaving his verdict and sentence within 20 prison sentence for a previous hotel in the Lebanese capital for a days, automatically staying the conviction in the slayings of two meeting with kidnappers of West execution. ’They predicted It would Windham county women. ern hostages. No group claimed to take at least two years before the Under Connecticut’s capital pun be holding Waite, and there was no state Supreme Court rules on the ishment statute, the state Supreme confirmation he was kidnapped. , case. Court must review the case before Dressed in brown prison clothes an execution is carried out. Wildly divergent reports on his and showing no emotion during the State law says the Supreme Court fate have not been substantiated. 20-minute proceeding, Ross rep must affirm the death sentence The Al-Anbaa report drew skepti lied, “ No, sir.” when Ford asked if unless it determines that: cism from the Syrian military he wanted to address the court. His • The sentence was the product command in Moslem west Beirut lawyer said Ross was transferred of passion, prejudice or any other and Moslem militia officials in the Herald photo by Tucker to Somers last week. arbitrary factor. Lebanese capital. Two of the jurors who condemned • The evidence fails to support “ Unless the kidnappers them Be a clown Ross to death last month and family the finding of aggravation. selves come forth and reveal their members of his victims attended • The sentence Is excessive or identity and produce pictures of Mary Pockett paints a clown face on celebration at Manchester Commun the sentencing. disproportionate to the penalty Waite, no one is going to believp^lhe “ When we saw him 4n a prison imposed in similar cases. Al-Anbaa newspaper report^said Tracy Irish, 6, of Manchester, at ity College. Story and more pictures uniform and chains, we saw that he Ross was convicted of the kidnap- one Beirut police source, speaking Friday evening’s Independence Day on page 3. has started to pay,” said Joan murders of Robin Stavinsky, 19, of on condition of anonymity. Stavinsky, mother of one of Ross’ Norwich; April Brunais and Leslie In London, Church of England victims. Shelley, both 14, of Griswold; and spokeswoman Eve Keatly said Earlier today. Ford quickly dis Wendy Baribeault, 17, of Lisbon. Runcie had no word Waite was missed motions by public defender Ross also raped two of the victims. dead. "This is a very distressing Spending habits of charities M. Fred DeCaprio fora new trial, a Joseph “ Mad Dog” Taborsky, report. We have no confirmation new penalty hearing and the who admitted killing seven people whatsoever that there is any truth imposition of a life sentence instead in a robbery, was the last person in it,” she said. of capital punishment. executed in Connecticut. He died in “ We have a situation where there On June 26, Ross became the first the electric chair on May 17. 1960. is a new rumor about Terry Waite caiied into question by state person condemned to die in Connec almost every other day. Many of ticut’s electric chair since the U.S. them are completely conflicting in By Dean GolembeskI Supreme Court upheld the death all their detail. We do our best to ing it well,” said Ormsted, who ties) have to spend ‘X ’ percentage penalty in 1976. The Associated Press follow them up and to check them,” heads the state’s public charities (on their programs). So we don’t The same jury that convicted Wife says she said. unit. have a legal requirement that Ross, 27, of Griswold on June 5 in HARTFORD — Charitable or Other reports have said Waite But the financial information triggers action by this office. Due to the slayings of four young women ganizations spent as little as 2.5 was smuggled into Iran, but offi doesn’t tell the full story, he said. the small staff, we focus on the deliberated less than four hours percent to as much as 99 percent of cials in Tehran have denied them. He cited as an example the more blatant ones,” Ormsted said. before concluding the killings were North eager money solicited from the public for Still other reports said he was shot spending of $1 million by a charity. A result of those efforts was a “ especially cruel, heinous and and wounded. None of the reports their causes, according to tax “ What it (the data) doesn’t tell you lawsuit filed in March against depraved.” records from the past two years. were confirmed. is whether that $1 million accomp Hands Across New England and Those are the aggravating fac to testify The wide range of spending levels lished anything.” he said. Ms. Keatly said the church Connecticut Elderly Inc., both tors necessary for the death sent was found during a random survey Ormsted said he likes to see an checks out such reports through "a charitable organizations run by ence to be imposed under Connecti of 77 charities required to file copies established, popular charity allo NEW YORK (AP) - Lt. Col. wide network of church contacts in George Thornton of the Storrs cut law. of their federal income tax returns cate at least 70 percent of its annual Oliver North’s wife says he is the Middle East." She added, section of Mansfield. The eight men and four women with the state attorney general’s budget, or roughly 70 cents of every looking forward to testifying before ‘iWe’ve noticed that although the The lawsuit says Hands Across jurors also found that no mitigating office. $1 raised, for its publicly stated the Iran-Contra committees so that Reports which come to us are New England raised $125,185 from factors existed in any of the Connecticut authorities are cur purpose. The remainder of ex he can “ get the real story across.” conflicting in detail, they have all July 1, 1986, through Jan. 20, 1987, slayings. The jury would have had rently investigating 12 charities for penses should go for fund-raising Betsy North, in an interview in had one common factor, that he is and spent $120,000 on fund raising, to find at least one mitigating factor possible violations and have law and management expenses, he the August issue of Life magazine, certainly alive.” and management. About 2.5 per — such as mental illness — in each suits pending against nine others said. also said the scandal has brought She said the church has received cent of the funds, or 2.5 cents out of of the four slayings to rule out the for alleged wrongdoing. Assistant For an organization such as the couple closer together. “ ho official message about him and each dollar, was spent on the death penalty. Attorney General David E. Orms- United Way, which relies heavily on “ When you share things and go no official message telling us where homeless and hungry. Attorney In arguing his motions today, ted said during an interview last volunteers, he said the overhead General Joseph I. Lieberman said through the good and bad, it he might be being held. The general week. DeCaprio said that the judge’s expense for running the charity and when announcing the lawsuit. instructions to the Jury In both the deepens your iove,” she said, body of opinion seems to be that he Most of the cases involve misre adding that her husband has been soliciting funds should be around 10 The suit also charges that Con trial and the penalty phase were is still in Beirut.” presentations to the public by percent.