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LeRoy Hay is if you know how Product show jteacher of year Short is chic — opens Friday \ I ...pages ... page 11 ... supplement inside Mild tonight; Manchester, Conn. warm Friday Thursday, Nov. 11. 1982 — See page 2 25 C ents Do Soviets face power struggle? Leonid Brezhnev is dead The 1979 Soviet invasion of By Walter Wisniewski Afghanistan and the imposition of United Press International military rule in Poland coupled with Leading candidates the Reagan administration’s suspi­ MOSCOW — President Leonid cion of Soviet intentions plunged Brezhnev, who forged detente with both superpowers into an escalating the West only to watch it crumble at arms race. the end of his 18-year reign over the There was no immediate com­ world's most powerful communist ment from the Reagan administra­ nation, is dead, the Soviet Union tion on Brezhnev’s death. said today. He was 75. But a White House spokesman There was no official report on said Reagan was awakened by where Brezhnev died Wednesday or National Security Advisor William the cause of death, but officials said Clark about 30 minutes after the of­ he apparently suffered a heart at­ ficial announcement and told of tack or stroke. Brezhnev’s death. In a simply worded announce­ The spokesman, Peter Roussel, ment, the official Tass news agency said no special security acticbs said: “ Leonid Brezhnev died a were taken, but “ we are continuing sudden death at 8:30 a.m. (12:30 to monitor the situation.” a.m. E ST) on Nov. 10, 1982.” The Soviet press hailed Brezhnev Brezhnev was both head of state as “ the most prominent'politician and general secretary of the Com­ and statesman of our times.” A Joint munist Party, whose leadership he statement by the Communist Party took over from Nikita Khrushchev and government said Brezhnev’s in 1964. departui^ "w on’t shake our deter­ An official announcement today mination to safeguard peace.” said Yuri Andropov, 68, former YURI ANDROPOV KONSTANTIN CHERNENKO “ We w ill do all in our power to en­ chief of the KGB, was named chair­ . close Brezhnev aide sure that lovers of military adven­ . former KGB phlef man of a committee to organize ture will not catch the Soviet Union Brezhnev’s funeral, a sign he could unawares, so that the potential succeed Brezhnev as party aggressor will know: a crushing secretary, the more powerful of the retaliatory blow inevitably awaits two leadership positions. him,” the statement said. Konstantin Chernenko, 71, a close Until Brezhnev's death was an- Brezhnev .aide, also had been men­ UPl photo nouncad in-tho Soviat Union, .the tioned as a poMible successor. streets of Moscow showed no signs Unless a choice is quickly made, T SOVIET PRESIDENT LEONID BREZHNEV, 75 of that anything of significance had there coiild be a wldeopen struggle occurred in the past 24 hours. for succession at a time of East- . Tass news agency announced death In front o f the Central Committee West tension reminiscent of the Cold Building, only one uniformed and War era. one plainclothes guard stood outside Analysts said they expected the ment of his death. leaders, accusing President the main entrance. There was no Council of Ministers, which is. in The Kremlin broadcast a state­ Reagan’s administration of “ adven­ visible coming and going of top level charge of the Soviet government, ment pledging to follow his policies turism, rudeness and undisguised officials. and the Politburo, the top and warning their foes in the West egoism.” In Red Square, Just outside the executives of the Communist Party they would never “ catch the Soviet. “ We shall do the utmost to see to Kremlin wall, guides used — to rule the country in the interim. Union unawares.” it that those who like military ven­ loudspeakers to urge passersby to A Soviet source said Brezhnev The death of Brezhnev, the fourth tures should never take the land of purchase tour tickets. was rushed to a special Kremlin Soviet strongman since the 1917 the Soviets unawares, that the Sleek black Zil limousines were clinic on Moscow’s Granovsky revolution, came at a time of near potential aggressor should know — a seen entering and leaving the Street where doctors worked for Cold War with the United States that crushing retaliatory strike will in­ Kremlin, but with no special guards hours to revive him before declaring shattered detente — the greatest evitably be in for him,” Brezhnev A.Y. PELSHE or in no greater numbers than usual. ANDREI KIRILENKO him dead. The resuscitation efforts achievement of Brezhnev’s reign. said at a Kremlin reception Sunday . member of polltburo There was no indication of stepped- . polltburo veteran were said to be the main cause of In his final days, Brezhnev lashed — the 65th anniversary of the up security. the 26 Vi hour delay in the announce- out at “ hot-headed” Western Revolution. Shutter Fifth shuttle mission under way identifies Columbia launched; By Al Rosslter Jr. robber UPl Science Editor C A PE C AN AV E RAL, Fla — Four astronauts flew the space shuttle Columbia into orbit today, carrying two commercial satellites for paying customers for the Police and the Federal Bureau of first time. Investigation are seeking informa­ The big winged space freighter took off on time at 7:19 tion on the identity of a man who a.m. EST and streaked into a normal orbit for the fifth held up an office of the Savings Bank tim e in a year and a half. of Manchester Tuesday, escaping It was a spectacular Veterans Day sendoff for vrith tlO,(HM. astronauts Vance Brand, Robert Overmyer, Joseph Manchester police Detective Allen and William Lenoir, the first four-man space crew Capt. James D. Sweeney today and the first to fly a spaceship on a charter flight. asked people who might'know the “ Everything’s going good,” said Brand, the skipper. man to contact the Manchester Overmyer, flying as co-pilot, said there was only one police department at 646-4555, or the problem, a minor one. One of the three video display FBI’s Hartford office at 522-1201. terminals in the cockpit went on the blink. Air Force space trackers calculated the Columbia All information will be kept con­ would come within 60 miles of the two-man Soviet fidential, he said. Salyut 7 space station in darkness over the Indian Ocean at 11:16 a.m. The robbery took place around National Aeronautics and Space Administration of­ 10:40 a.m. Tuesday at SBM’s Burr ficials hailed the five-day, 8250 million mission as an im­ Comers branch. Police said the portant step toward shifting much of the shuttle suspect- displayed a gun to a teller system’s operational costs from the government to and demai^ed that she fill a bag commercial users. with small-denomination bills. Satellite Business Systems and Telesat Canada, the 'The suspect, whose photograph owners of the twin 7,300-pound communications UPl photo was taken leaving the bank by a satellites hauled up in the shuttle’s cargo bay, are hidden bank camerq, is described by paying NASA $18 million for carrying the satellites into TECHNICIAN WATCHES LAUNCH police as a white mate, between 6 orbit. view/ from tracking vehicle foot 2 and 6 foot 4, with dark hair They received a cut rate because they signed up early. and dark eyes. His age is estimated The pilots had a busy day ahead of them. l«n o ir , an between SS and 40. electrical engineer, was scheduled to direct the He wore dark pants, a green launching of the first of the two satellites from the. trencfacoat, a baseball cap, and dark ship’s open cargo bay about eight hours after blastoff.. Inside Today sneakers. The second goes out Friday. 20 pages, 2 sections Data from the spacecraft indicated the satellites were He escaped from the bank on foot, 1982 Product Show supplement , but police believe he may have later operating normally prior to leaving the shuttle. entered a car. A small white or The shuttle, weighing a record 4,488,000 pounds at cream-colored vehicle, possibly a engine ignition, left a long trail of smoke and flam e in Advice ......................... 13 L o tte ry ....... ..................2 Capri, was seen near the bank its wake as it climbed into the cloudless sky. Area towns . ............. 9 Obituaries .. ................10 armuid the time of the robbery and Brevard County authorises estimated that up to a half Business.......... ........... 20 Opinion....... ................. 6 may have been the getaway car, million people saw the launching. C lassified........ .... 18-19 Peopletalk .. ................. 2 police say. ' The s^ceship reached a preliminary orbit 13 minutes C o m ics............ ........8 S ports......... ............ 15-17 There w u only one customer at after launch and pushed Into the final orbit a half hour Entertainment. ..-....... 13 ^Television , ................... 8 the bank at the tim e of the robbery, BANK HEIST SUSPECT ON HIS WAY OUT THE DOOR police say, and no one was Injured. photo taken by bank oamara; polloa aaak Information Please turn lo page 5- ;;S¥SS:¥:¥:¥SS;¥:¥:¥:¥S:%¥:^%%¥S-A¥^^^ •. it ^ . MANCHESTER HERALD. Thurs., Nov. 11. 1982 - 3 2 - MANCHESTER HERALD. Thurs.. Nov. 11, 1982 L w t * T t « R s t n v ic E r o m c M i *o r a,n.n m e»T n- <»-«, btV Curfis defends criticism news Briefing M ATTLt - h F a ir Polish protests crushed V. 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